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    Internal trade flourished in medieval India through well-maintained road and river networks. Foreign travelers documented extensive internal trade, with merchants traveling in armed groups along roads linking parts of the country. Major river routes like the Indus and Ganges supported trade between regions by boat. The government organized systems to regulate markets and punish rule violations. Important trade commodities included textiles, silk, food grains, and other goods transported between centers like Delhi, Bengal, Sind and the Coromandel coast along major roads like the Grand Trunk Road.

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    INTERNAL TRADE IN MEDIEVAL

    INDIA

    Sandhya Reddy
    7A
    INTRODUCTION

    What is Trade?
    Trade in simple
    terms is the buying
    and selling of goods.
    Trade can be of two
    types –
     Internal Trade
     External Trade
    INTERNAL TRADE

    Internal trade is
    trade within the
    boundaries of a
    particular country
    or state.
    Internal Trade can
    be of two types-
     Roadways
     Waterways
    INTERNAL TRADE IN MEDIEVAL
    INDIA
       Foreign travellers (Ibn Batuta)  Boats carrying goods used to ply
    gave extensive accounts about on the Indus and the Ganges.
    internal trade in medieval India. Some of the merchants had their
     own large boats.  
               Well-maintained roads
    linking various parts of the country    Internal trade flourished due to
    facilitated internal trade. The the organised system set up by the
    threat from bandits did not in any government. 
    way affect the flow of goods as  The 14th century Sultan Alauddin
    merchants travelled in well-armed
    Khalji for instance, used to strictly
    groups to ensure their security.
    supervise the market places.
      River routes also facilitated trade Shopkeepers, who were caught
    between different parts of the country violating the rules, were severely
    punished
    INTERNAL TRADE
    (THE CORAMANDEL COAST)

     The coast of Coromandel


    had become a centre of
    textile production and had
    a brisk trade with Gujarat
     It exported fine textiles and
    silk (patola) to north India,
    with Burhanpurand Agra as
    the two nodal points of
    trade
     It received food grains and
    silk from Bengal and also
    imported pepper from
    Malabar
    OTHER IMPORTANT CENTRES
    OF INTERNAL TRADE
     Limbodar in Gujarat and Dabhol in
     Maharashtra were major trade
    Sind was known for silk , cotton,
    centres, which linked the northern
    wooden articles, saltpetre and
    and southern halves of the
    ivory work.
    country.
     Bengal was famous for its  Agra specialized in glassware and
    manufacture of rice and sugar
    paperwork .
     Ibn Batuta had described Delhi as a
    major trade centre. The most
    superior quality rice and sugar
    from Kannauj, wheat from Punjab
    and betel leaves from Dhar in
    Madhya Pradesh found their way
    to the markets of Delhi.
    INTERNAL TRADE
    (THE GRAND TRUNK ROAD )
     “Inns” for the travellers were also 
     The Grand Trunk road is provided at distances apart of ten
    one of Asia's oldest and or fifteen miles along the road.
    major roads
     This historic road is 2500 km and
     It is said so as trees are connects 4 countries
    planted on both sides of
    this road
     It starts from Chittagong
    (Bangladesh) to Delhi in
    North India and then
    passing through Amritsar
    and Lahore and finally
    ending at Kabul in
    Afghanistan .
     It was built by Sher Shah
    Suri.
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