In ancient India (before colonization), global interaction was facilitated by:
A. conquerors
B. traders
C. migrants
D. missionaries
E. scholars
Choose correct answer from options given below:
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 2
The correct answer is Option (2) → A, B, C and E only
A. conquerors Correct. Throughout India’s long past people came here sometimes as conquerors and settled down.
B. traders Correct. People also came as traders; the famous Silk route connected India centuries ago to China, Persia, Egypt and Rome.
C. migrants Correct. Others came as migrants in search of new lands and settled here; villagers still recall that their ancestors came from elsewhere.
D. missionaries Incorrect. The early links India had with the world were made by conquerors, traders, migrants and scholars. Missionaries belong to a later story: Christian missionaries spread across India in the colonial period, after the time the question asks about.
E. scholars Correct. Learning crossed borders too. Panini, the greatest grammarian of Sanskrit, was of Afghan origin, and the seventh-century Chinese scholar Yi Jing learned his Sanskrit in Java on his way to India.
NCERT (2025-26): “The Early Years India was not isolated from the world even two thousand years ago. We have read in our history textbooks about the famous Silk route, which centuries ago connected India to the great civilisations, which existed in China, Persia, Egypt and Rome. We also know that throughout India’s long past, people from different parts came here, sometimes as traders, sometimes as conquerors, sometimes as migrants in search of new lands and settled down here.…”
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