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SAI INTERNATIONAL RESIDENTIAL SCHOOL
SUBJECT HISTORY
CLASS VI (2020-21)
CH- 9 TRADERS, KINGS AND PILGRIMS
MODULE-2
MIND MAP
The story of the silk
Technique of making silk Process of making silk Kushanas
Invented in China Raw silk extracted from cocoons of silk worms Best known rulers to control silk
routes.
Spun into thread Amongst the earliest rulers to
issue
Woven into cloth gold Coins
Silk Route
Paths followed by Chinese people who went to distant land with silk.
Many people collected taxes and payments on the routes.
Chinese rulers sent gifts of silks
The spread of Buddhism
New forms of Buddhism Kanishka Spread
to
Mahayana Buddhism Ashvaghosha Korea
Two features Biography of the Buddha Asia
