Economic+India

India’s Economy
 * Economy was based on the Caste system
 * The average Indian citizen lived as well as the average citizen of other empires throughout Eurasia
 * Women could only get jobs as courtesans, yet in the lower caste system classifications, women had more freedom
 * Men were allowed to work
 * Only sons could inherit wealth and property
 * Bindusara (a leader of the Indian Empire and father of Ashoka) wanted wine, figs and philosophers
 * To save money, multiple generations of a family would live together
 * One would not try to gain wealth, but pureness so they could attain nirvana (eternal state of tranquility)
 * Money was spent on building shrines and religious places of worship
 * Merchants traded on the Silk Road
 * India was one of the most fertile and productive regions on Earth
 * Traded produce goods