Early Urban Centers and Trade
The growth of towns like Pataliputra and Mathura and the rise of guilds (shrenis).
Key Questions
- 1What led to the "second urbanization" in the Gangetic plain?
- 2How did guilds function as economic and social institutions?
- 3What was the extent of Indo-Roman trade in this period?
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