India rides on a tectonic plate that has been drifting ... to play more than a marginal role in long-distance trade across Eurasia. But, even in ancient times, trade routes within Europe connected the ...

Just like the well-known Silk Route, there was the Spice Route for ancient trade, where India played a key role, he said.

For many years, the ancient Greeks and ... defining economies from India to Europe. This demand gave rise to some of the first truly international trade routes and shaped the structure of the ...