Name: The Great Satavahana Dynasty
Uploaded: 2019-07-19
Duration: 5 min 12 s
Description: The Satavahanas flourished in Deccan with achievements in architecture, literature and trade. They contributed substantially to the history of India and ruled in peace.

Question

On an outline of India, mark the Uttarapatha and the Dakshinapatha.

Accepted Answer

Within India, traders frequently used a few significant overland trade routes. The Uttarapatha and the Dakshinapatha were their names, according to the texts. The former likely started at Takshila, travelled through present-day Punjab, followed the Yamuna River's course, continued south to Mathura, and then split off a route that led to Ujjain in Malwa, while the other went onto Shravasti, turned eastward towards Pataliputra, and finished at Tamralipti.

Dakshinapatha was the name of the land route that traders and Jain and Buddhist monks used to spread their respective religions throughout the Deccan and South India. Due to the supply of gold, pearls, spices, and precious stones from the south, Indian traders prized this route highly.

On an outline of India, mark the Uttarapatha and the Dakshinapatha.

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