Vaishyas
the India people
Yes, other people in ancient India shopped for things.
they traded their goods
Ancient India traded cloth, grains, ivory, tortoise shells, timber, silk, precious stones, spices, and slaves.
list of goods &servicees availabele to people in pre-independence in India in rural & urban India
With goods and services.
In the Central Plain
people move goods on elephants and horses
bandwagon
Ancient Chinese people used a barter system for buying and selling goods. Some of the people used items such as bricks of tea as currency.
Merchants were pretty highly regarded, they traveled trading goods and selling goods. They would trade exotic items with the Egyptians to get what they needed. Goods from them could range from nearby countries, to all the way from perhaps India. They also traveled down rivers.