The sprit of Travel has lived on down the ages. In Recorded history there have been instances whereby one is able to know that man has been travelling throughtout the ages. From the very early historical period, travel has had a fascination for man. Much of the travel in the beginning was largely unconscious and rathr a simple affair unlike the sophisticated travel in the modern times. The cumbersome travel procedures as we witness travel today were not there to bother the traveller and travel was a simple affair. No travel formalities existed as there were no frontiers.
Travel in the distant past, however, was not undertaken for the purpose of pleasure since the motive for which travel was undertaken related to trade, commerce and the activities associated with it. The traveller in the ancint pas was thus a trader and a merchant looking for merchandise and engaging in trade and commerce. This traveller was a pilgrim, a scholar in search of ancient texts, and a curious wayfarer looking forward to new and exciting experiences. Seeking knowledge was his primary purpose for undertaking travel.
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