Encyclopedia of India–China Cultural Contacts v1.c4.s2.106

v1.c4.s2.106

Overland trade between India and China continued from the earlier times into this period. There was the trans-Karakoram trade between Punjab, Ladakh and Kashmir on one hand and the oasis towns such as Kashgar and Yarkand in Xinjiang on the other. There was also the trade between Kashmir and other parts of northern and northeastern India with Tibet. The overland trade was not large in volume as it was carried out in physically very difficult conditions. Traders loaded their cargo on mules and ponies and crossed back and forth over the high mountain passes. The trade was also vulnerable to changing political conditions in this region. Nevertheless, it persisted right until the middle of the 20ᵗʰ century CE.