Question

List the major exports and imports in ancient India.

Answer 1

In ancient India, the exports majorly consisted of spices, wheat, indigo, opium, sugar, sesame live animals oil, cotton, and animal products such as hides, skin, furs, horns, tortoise shells, pearls, sapphires, crystal, lazuli, granites, turquoise, and copper etc. On the other hand, the imports mainly included animal products, Chinese silk, horses, flax and linen, gold, silver, tin, copper, lead, rubies, coral, glass, amber, etc.