Question

Which of the following BEST explains the role that domination of Asian trade routes in the north and multiple seaports in the east, west, and south had on the Indian subcontinent?

A) Domination of trade meant that the Gupta emperors grew exceedingly wealthy and powerful.
B) The free flow of ideas happened only in the north in large part due to the frequency of cultural exchanges coming from Asian trade routes.
C) The geographic location of the Indian subcontinent played an important role in the building of an empire.
D) With trade and cultural exchange occurring at every border of the Gupta Empire, the arts, sciences and culture thrived.

Answer 1

D. With trade and cultural exchange occurring at every border of the Gupta Empire, the arts, sciences and culture thrived.

Answer 2

The correct answer is D) With trade and cultural exchange occurring at every border of the Gupta Empire, the arts, sciences, and culture, thrived.

The sentence that best explains the role of domination in Asian trade routes in the North and multiple seaports in the East, West, and South, on the Indian subcontinent is “with trade and cultural exchange occurring at every border of the Gupta Empire, the arts, sciences, and culture, thrived.”

In the history of India, the Gupta Empire has its important era for the thrive of aspects such as the arts, science, and culture, due to trade and cultural exhange. The guilds from the Mauryan period were the most important producers of manufacture to trade. The products that the Gupta empire traded from the ports of East, West, and South were copper, gold, silver, iron, ivory, and bronze.