Question
List any five major commercial cities of ancient India?

Answer

  1. Pataliputra: It wsa Known as Patna today. It was not only a commercial town, but also a major centre for export of stones.
  2. Peshawar: It was an important exporting centre for wool and for the import of horses. It had a huge share in commercial transactions between India, China and Rome in the first century A.D.
  3. Taxila: It served as a major centre on the important land route between India and Central Asia. It was also a city of financial and commercial banks. The city occupied an important place as a Buddhist centre of learning. The famous Taxila University flourished here.
  4. Indraprastha: It was the commercial junction on the royal road where most routes leading to the east, west, south and north converged.
  5. Mathura: It was an emporium of trade and people here subsisted on commerce. Many routes from South India touched Mathura and Broach.

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