Trade and Trade Routes in Ancient India c7.2

c7.2

WE HAVE seen in the previous chapter how the Aryans had progressed and organised themselves in the country, but unfortunately in the absence of archaeological evidence their history is still literary and confused. The systematic history of India begins with the occupation by the Achaemenian power of Sind and some parts of the Panjab and the subsequent campaigns of Alexander. These sources inform us that the caravans of the immigrant Aryans had come to a stop on the sector of the Grand Route from Balkh to Taxila and that the chapter of political campaigns had begun. The invasion of India from the time of Achaemenians was continued by the Scythians, Parthians, Kushāṇas, Huns, Turks and the Mongols. In this chapter we shall try to deal with the immigration of foreign tribes in this country.