CBSE 2025 · Region 4 · Set 1 · Q21 · 2 marks
Why was the Indian subcontinent significant to trade networks before European intervention ? Explain.
Marking-scheme solution
(i) The Indian subcontinent was located along major trade routes like the Silk Route connecting east and west.
(ii) It was central to trade networks.
(iii) It connected the trade routes through land and sea.
(iv) Pottery from China, spices and textiles from India and Southeast Asia were transported along these routes.
(v) It helped in exchange of goods, people, knowledge, customs etc.
(vi) Thus, India lay at the centre of the trade network between these continents and participated in this trade.
(vii)
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