Indian Trade
HISTORY
India has been famous for being extremely wealthy from ancient times so the British wanted them to be one of their colonies. India was even developing during the 13th to the 16th century and eventually became the India we know today. India is so rich in trade that when it gained independence, it's economy was entirely centered on trade, hardly anything was spent on manufacturing. However after 60 years it finally has made itself able to manufacture things. India has brought us many different things such as Darjeeling tea, Indian khadi cotton, Bombay duck, Kashmiri carpets, Indian spice, and dried fruits. India still affects Britain too. In London alone there are about 7000 different restaurants that serve Indian food like chicken curry, and this is sometimes considered a British food. India is now so rich that it is a 1$ trillion dollar economy but there are a lot of people in India. The population of India is over 1 billion people.
During the British reign over India the British would take the Indian's resources and sell them to other countries but also back to India. This caused the Indians to rebel against the British Empire. They also began to make their own resources and not to buy from the British. After World War II the British decided that they didn't want to keep control over India and left. Trade affects everything in our lives, even rebellions, and so it probably has a bigger affect in India.
During the Mughal empire reign over India, the country was at peace, and so selling and trade flourished. This mass amount of trading led to market places not only in the towns but also in the villages. Handicrafts were made more often just to keep things up. The biggest cities in trade were Ahmedabad, Bombay (then known as Khambat), Surat, Ujjain, Patan Dacca, Hoogli, Patna, Chitgaon and Murshidabad. Each would boast of being one of the cities with the best trade.
During the British reign over India the British would take the Indian's resources and sell them to other countries but also back to India. This caused the Indians to rebel against the British Empire. They also began to make their own resources and not to buy from the British. After World War II the British decided that they didn't want to keep control over India and left. Trade affects everything in our lives, even rebellions, and so it probably has a bigger affect in India.
During the Mughal empire reign over India, the country was at peace, and so selling and trade flourished. This mass amount of trading led to market places not only in the towns but also in the villages. Handicrafts were made more often just to keep things up. The biggest cities in trade were Ahmedabad, Bombay (then known as Khambat), Surat, Ujjain, Patan Dacca, Hoogli, Patna, Chitgaon and Murshidabad. Each would boast of being one of the cities with the best trade.
TRAVELERS DESCRIPTION
If you were to go to India, and I did, you would want to wear clothes for warm weather because India is very hot and humid. You should also expect to see a lot of people, as shown in the picture on the right. Indian trade isn't actually very organised, as you can see. There are no lines, no buildings just for shopping; just random places filled with a lot of people trading or selling things to other people.
Trade Market
Export of Agricultural Products
Map of Indian Trade Routes
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