Explain the unique system of communication in India which amazed Ibn Battuta with special reference to the postal system. OR What has Ibn-Battuta written about the postal system prevalent in India?

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1.	Explain the unique system of communication in India which amazed Ibn Battuta with special reference to the postal system. OR What has Ibn-Battuta written about the postal system prevalent in India?
Answer» Solution :(i) Ibn-Battuta was so IMPRESSED by the efficiency of the postal system. It allowed merchants to send INFORMATION and transmit money to far distance. It dispatched goods at short notice. (ii) Ibn-Battuta mentioned two types of the postal system. (a) The horse post was known as Uluq. It was run by royal horses. Its stations were set up at the distance of every four miles. (b) The foot post had three stations PER mile that was known as dawa. (iii) At every third of a mile, a the folklore and populated village, with three pavilions outside where men were girded loins to ready to start. (iv) They carried a ROD of two cubid length, with copper bell was tied at its top. (v) The courier started to run from own STARTING point with fast speed as he could ringing the bell, men at another post got ready and took the letter from him and followed the same process and passed the distance and reached the destination point.