Story of India: Spice Routes & Silk Roads
The routes of India arose 2,000 years ago. Produce of weed grass and beetles were some of there riches. Hippalus discovered the routes of India. Some of South India’s worth are pepper and ginger. Indian was the first international cuisine. Indians wanted cardomon, pepper, and spices. They also wanted Roman wine and antimony. India is known for its rice; it has three crops a year. Musiris was the first Indian emporium, and it was mentioned that even Apostle Thomas was there. Tamil Nadal is the Roman Empire. Tamil Nadal was the world’s last classical civilization. The city capital is Madurai. Indians worshiped the cities goddess, Meenakshi. Ancient scribes were written in palm leaf manuscript, which were written right to left. The city has over six thousand goldsmiths. What the Indians wanted most of all was gold. Rome sent over 100 million sesterces to India. That was known as ancient Roman gold. Far to the North of India, new connections were being made, known as the Silk Road. The Silk Road was opened up to trade all over the Mediterenean. This was ruled by the Kushan Empire. They conquered Afgahnistan and India. They adopted Buddhism and fostered it. King Kajula ruled Asia, which allowed trade to grow and population to triple. Peshawar is the oldest inhibited city in the world. Buddhism is the key to India by Kanishka. Stupa is a dome which housed dead bodies, this was and idea of Kanishka. Kushans respected all religions. Kanishka had ashes from Buddha buried under his casket. It was said that Kanishka died around 150 A.D. Kushans brought peace which could foster the arts. The Dalai Lama traveled the Silk Roads and took Buddhism to china. Kansa is a fairytale villain. I enjoyed this dvd mainly because it was very interesting to learn about other cultures. I really liked the fact that the clip mirrored something off of the history or national geographic channel. The music went along great with the dvd; as well as...