Discuss the main features of the trade and urbanization in the period between 200 BCE – 200 CE. 

The agrarian expansion of the period under review led to the production of surplus which enabled non-producers like craftsmen and traders to devote themselves to trade and commerce. Cities were centres of trade and commerce, craftspecialization as well as centres of administration. In the north-west, Taxila was a famous city. The remains of this city have been excavated from three mounds, namely Bhir, Sirkap and Sirsukh. The mound of Sirkap has yielded artefacts belonging to 200 BCE to 200 CE. The city began to show marks of urbanization from the period of the Indo-Greeks but it was the Indo-Parthian rulers who fortified the city with walls. Well-made roads and planned houses reflect Greek and Hellenistic influences. At Ahichchhatra a new road was built by 200 ______ __________ ________ __________ _______.
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