India
8,000 BCE to 600 CE
Economics
Trade
Trade in India was developed through the Indian Ocean Trade which was developed by water routes from Canton in China to Southeast Asia to India to eastern Africa and the Middle East. The most usual and common items traded among this route were pigments, pearls, spices, bananas and other fruits. Those who traded and participated with this trade were Chinese, Indians, Malays, Persian, Arabs, and people on Africa's east coast.
Family Business
Families maintained economic stability with a family business. It would work by having the members of a family pool all their resources together to maintain the family and invest into the business. This allowed younger members to be trained and employed in the family business, so they could work and have the older and disabled members be supported by the family.
Urban Planning
India's well laid streets, layouts, drainage system and water supply in the valley's major cities (Harappa, Lothal, Mohenjo-daro, and Rakhigarhi) shows the planning and use of the land and environment for design and creating transportation networks, settlement, and communities. With this knowledge of urban planning it allowed India to create a stable economic structure allowing the civilization to grow and create new ways of forming businesses and creating jobs.