Trade and Trade Routes in Ancient India c8.73

c8.73

The above account gives a clear picture of the state of trade and commerce in the Mauryan period. Trade was not only in the hand of the merchant community but the king equally shared the profits. It was the duty of the state officials to see that greatest amount of profit accrued to the ruler. Horses, elephants, hides, furs, clothes, aromatics, wood and precious stones were the chief articles of trade in that period.