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Combinations of these forms of transportation carried throughout the subcontinent and were therefore transshipped to and from long-distance maritime trade. [9] The majority of all of the port cities were in symbiosis with the caravan routes to and from their related hinterland interiors, and sometimes even with distant transcontinental regions.
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Because of the road's superior quality and a system of relays, mounted mail couriers could travel 2,699 kilometres (1,677 mi) in nine days. [ 11 ] From 268 BCE to 22 BCE, Ashoka built roads, edicts , water wells, education centers, rest houses and hospitals for humans and animals along the highways across Indian subcontinent and planted trees ...
The length of festivals rarely exceeded five days, while travel times could be measured in weeks or months. Lodgings available to the general public at festivals ranged from crude huts or tents to elaborate inns reserved for the Greek and Roman elite. [35] [36] Traders and those with connections in other cities often stayed in private homes ...
Railroads not only increased the speed of transportation, they also dramatically lowered its cost. The first transcontinental railroad resulted in passengers and freight being able to cross the country in a matter of days instead of months and at one tenth the cost of stagecoach or wagon transport. This was particularly significant in the West ...
In early days the flexible two-wheeled dray, with a centre pole and narrow 3-inch (8 cm) iron tyres was commonly used. The four-wheeled dray or box wagon came into use after about 1860 for loads of 6 to 8 long tons (6.7 to 9.0 short tons; 6.1 to 8.1 t) and was drawn by 16 to 18 bullocks.
Since a typical horse pulled a bus for four or five hours per day, covering about a dozen miles, many systems needed ten or more horses in stable for each bus. With the advent of mass-produced steel in around 1860, horse-buses were put on rails as the same horse could then move 3 to 10 times as many people.
It briefly reduced the time for mail to travel between the Atlantic and Pacific coasts to around ten days before being replaced by the First transcontinental railroad and the telegraph. Regular mail delivery is now provided by horses in limited areas where other forms of transportation are not practical.