Practice - Trade in the subcontinent and beyond
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Practice Questions
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What is the significance of trade routes in ancient India?
💡 Hint: Think about how goods moved between regions.
Define masattuvan.
💡 Hint: Relate it to who became wealthy through trade.
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Interactive Quizzes
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What was a masattuvan?
💡 Hint: What term is associated with merchants?
True or False: Coins were not used in trade until after the Mauryan Empire.
💡 Hint: Recall the introduction of coins in this time frame.
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Challenge Problems
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Propose how the development of trade routes could have changed local communities along these routes.
💡 Hint: Consider the benefits and challenges brought by outside influences.
Assess the potential consequences if trade routes had not connected India with its neighboring regions.
💡 Hint: Think about how isolation versus connection impacts development.
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