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Write short essay of not more than 200 words on: Indian participation in the silk trade through Central Asia.

  • UPSC 1990
  • Post-Mauryan Period

Between c. 200 BCE and 300 CE, India was the vital middle link in the transcontinental silk trade joining Han China with Rome. This role rested chiefly on Kushana control of the Central Asian corridor.

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  • The Kushana Corridor and Indian Termini
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