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Ancient Trade Routes

6 articles on Ancient Trade Routes from The Indian Historical Quarterly, The Maha Bodhi, published 1935–2020. Each entry has a summary of the article; open it for the full summary, citation and original PDF.

6 articles1935–20202 journals
The Indian Historical Quarterly · 4The Maha Bodhi · 2

Articles on Ancient Trade Routes

  1. Ancient Trade and Buddhist Spread: India-Vietnam Connections

    By Bui My Diem Loan · The Maha Bodhi, 2020

    Vietnam's geographical position facilitated early trade and cultural exchange with India, with mountain ranges forming the Indochinese Peninsula and major rivers like the Mekong and Red River serving as vital trade routes. Following Emperor Asoka's reign…

  2. Ancient Trade and Buddhist Spread: India-Vietnam Connections

    By Bui My Diem Loan · The Maha Bodhi, 2020

    Vietnam's geographical position facilitated trade and cultural exchange with India, with mountain ranges forming the Indochinese Peninsula and major rivers like the Mae Nam, Mekong, Red, and Da Rivers serving as vital trade routes. Buddhism spread to Vietnam…

  3. The Rule of the Achaemenids in India

    By Sudhakar Chattopadhyaya · The Indian Historical Quarterly, 1949

    This lengthy study re‑examines the question of Achaemenid rule in India by scrutinizing Persian inscriptions, classical texts and Indian evidence. The author begins by identifying the eastern provinces listed in the Behistun and Persepolis inscriptions, such…

  4. Chinese‑Indian Contacts prior to the Latter Half of the first century

    By Elmer H. Cutts · The Indian Historical Quarterly, 1938

    Professor B.M. Barua’s paper reviews early interactions between China and India prior to the first century CE by examining Indian, Greco‑Roman and Chinese sources. He summarises Indian myths of a North‑western land called Cina and notes that the Arthaśāstra…

  5. The Beginnings of Intercourse between India and China

    By K. A. Nilakanta Sastri · The Indian Historical Quarterly, 1938

    The article investigates early contacts between India and China and the origin of the name 'China.' Paul Pelliot proposed that 'China' derives from the Ch’in dynasty (249‑207 BCE), a view supported by phonetics, geography and Chinese tradition. The…

  6. The Seleucidan Emperors: their Coins and Coin-imitations in India

    By Surendra Kishore Chakraborty · The Indian Historical Quarterly, 1935

    Surveying the history of the Seleucid Empire from Seleucus I Nicator’s reconquest of Babylon in 312 B.C. to the later kings, the article focuses on their coinage and its influence on neighbouring regions. Seleucus’s campaigns, including his treaty with…