The Ramayana by R.K. Narayan

The trade system in Ramayana

Based on the summary by Stephen Knapp (2007 ) The Ramayana is one of the two greatest stories told from India which was written and created by HYPERLINK "http /en .wikipedia .org /wiki /V C4 81lmiki " \o "V ?lmiki V ?lmiki sometime between 4th and 2nd BCE . Knapp had elaborated that the story of Ramayana is about how the lives of people have been running in India on the year 1000 BCE . The story wandered around the life of the heroes of the story , Rama and Sita . The story

of the Ramayana has been very influential to the lives and teachings of the Indians at those times , preachers treated the life story of Rama and Sita as a model for the youth (Knapp , 2007

In the story of Ramayana , since it talked about how the people of India lived a long time ago , the source of the primary needs of the people was also mentioned . At the timeline of the story , trading was very active and people have been able to live by the barter system since money was not that used during that period . Within the Ramayana story , there are passages that mentioned things about the trades that happened in the place the story was set (Narayan , 1972

Most of the merchants at that time had stones , iron , stones and even animals for export . But the most popular product exported by the Indians at that time was cloths which was made of cotton and were perfectly woven and block printed . These items were bartered to other races that intentionally went to the Indian ports to trade different products (Foley , 2004

The trade of different products between India and other countries also happened inside India itself , Indians bartered with each other to be able to acquire the things each of them needed at that time . This also occurred in the story of Ramayana , in which the monkeys and the Ravanas are involved (mythome .com , 2004

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Foley , Jennifer

Lessons of the Indian Epics : Following the Dharma " 2004

Knapp , Stephen "The Ramayana : A Summary by Stephen Knapp " 2007 . 1

Narayan , R .K . The Ramayana . Viking Press , 1972 PAGE

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