Indian Trade
- Domestic trade by foreign travelers
- Delhi was the center of major trade
- Their exports far exceeded
Silk road
- a trade route that allowed many different regions to gain access to goods.
- Extended 4,000 miles long
- The name came from lucrative Chinese silk trade
- Most popular item traded by Chinese was silk
Danger of The Silk Road
- Passed through mountain peaks, through deserts, plains, and forests
- The mountains were the highest in the world
- Mode of transport
- They used flat-bottomed boats and raft on the river.
- Two wheel bullock carts carried heavy transport across the plains
Items traded
- textiles
- hardwood furniture
- cut stones
- ivory
- pearl
- tortoise shells
- curtains
- silk
- spices
- gold
- domestic animals
Beliefs
- No single founder of Hinduism
- Most Hindus believe in a supreme God
- Brahma- the least worshiped God that is depicted with 4 heads
- Vishnu is the second Hindu deity, put in charge of the preservation and restoration of the universe
Gods
- Brahma the creator
- Vishnu the preserver
- associated with the sun
- worshiped in northern India
- Shiva the destroyer
- worshiped in southern India
Priests
- The Hindu priests controlled the religion and its beliefs
- Invented reincarnation
Buddhism
- Siddhartha Guatama, the founder of Buddhism
- The eightfold path
Beliefs
- Reincarnation
- World is created and destroyed completely
Theravada
- Theravada is translated directly to the teaching of the elders, or the ancient teachings
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