What was one major benefit of maritime trade in ancient India?
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Correct answer: Contact with foreign regions
Maritime trade connected Indian ports with regions around the Arabian Sea, the Roman world and Southeast Asia. Through these contacts, merchants exchanged goods and communities encountered new ideas, cultural practices and technologies. Sea trade did not isolate villages, end writing or destroy education. Therefore, contact with foreign regions is the valid benefit.
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Contact with foreign regions
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Maritime trade connected Indian ports with regions around the Arabian Sea, the Roman world and Southeast Asia. Through these contacts, merchants exchanged goods and communities encountered new ideas, cultural practices and technologies. Sea trade did not isolate villages, end writing or destroy education. Therefore, contact with foreign regions is the valid benefit.
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This is a Class 9 History question. Chapter: The French Revolution.
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