The different measures adopted by the medieval Indian rulers for the progress of trade:
(i) India has had a maritime history dating back to around 4,500 years, since the Indus Valley Civilization. The later maritime journeys spread the influence of ancient and medieval Indian civilisation as far as the islands of Indonesia to the east, the islands of Japan to the north, and the east coast of ** to the west.
(ii) Proper codes of conduct of trade were **** by the head of trade guilds, known as Sarthavaha or Srenipramukha. The codes were called Samay and Srenidharma. Taxila, Pushkalavati, Kapisa and Vidisha prospered as trade centres, under the Indo-Greek rulers.
(iii) The rulers got the forests cut, roads built and secured the traders from the danger of bandits. This helped the traders and their commercial caravans to move from one market place to another.
