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प्रश्न
With reference to the economy during the Sangam Age, answer the following question:
Explain the organisation of internal trade.
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उत्तर
Internal trade was brisk, caravans of merchants with carts and pack-animals carried their merchandise from place to place. Most of the trade was carried on by barter. Paddy constituted the most commonly accepted medium of exchange, specially in the rural areas. Salt was sold for paddy. Paddy was sold by mentioning its price in terms of salt. Honey and roots were exchanged for fish oil. Toddy, sugarcane and rice-flakes were exchanged for attack. There were established marked, called angadi in the bigger towns. Elsewhere, hawkers carried goods to the houses of the people.
संबंधित प्रश्न
What is known as Sangam literature?
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Name the two deities worshiped by people in the Sangam age.
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Who were the Vellalas during the Sangam Age?
Name the products exported to foreign lands during the Sangam Age.
With reference to the Sangam Age, answer the following question:
Explain why the Sangam Age is so called?
How can the Inscriptions found in Caves in the Madurai region helps us to reconstruct events of the Sangam age?
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Religion and Religious rituals
