Similarities Between Ancient India And Ancient China

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Ancient China and India are alike in many ways, but also very different. They did not have problems with one another despite their close distance. They both thrived off of one another and practiced their peaceful religions in the company of each other. Accepting each other's different qualities and kept their distance. Chinas main religions were Confucianism, Taoism, and Legalism. Whilst India's main religions were Buddhism and Hinduism. Ancient China and India are alike in many ways, but also very different. They did not have problems with one another despite their close distance. They both thrived off of one another and practiced their peaceful religions in the company of each other. Accepting each other's different qualities and kept their distance. China’s main religions were Confucianism, Taoism, and Legalism. Whilst India's main religions were Buddhism and Hinduism.

Ancient India was ruled by rajas while China was ruled by dynasties. Emperors were not of the same bloodline whilst dynasties were different families. In ancient India, same as China, there were social classes. The social life of these societies was very crucial. In Ancient India they were called Brahmins. You were born into your social class and that never changed. You would die in the same social class. It was illegal to look at the lower class members, the Harijan, also
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Ancient India would sell gold to West Asia and soon followed with glass and wool. China would trade silk and pottery. India would also trade medicine, pearls, and spice, such as cinnamon and peppers to West Asia. Trade made Ancient India a very wealthy country, but due to the location of the trades, North India was always more wealthy than the South. Trade by ship was soon incorporated and they began trading donkey and camels safely across the land. This was a wealthy time for south India. Pearl divers were also collecting pearls and selling them off the shore of Sri

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