1. What is the strategic significance of India’s location in Asia? 2. Describe the contribution of India’s contact with Oriental world. 3. “India enjoys strategic position in terms of international trade routes”. Explain.
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India is centrally located between the East and the West Asia. India is strategically located at the centre of the trans-Indian Ocean routes which connect the European countries in the west and the countries of East Asia. India could establish close contact with West Asia, Africa and Europe from the western coast
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Contribution of India's contact with the Oriental world are: It spread Buddhism far and wide i.e.to Tibet, Japan, China, etc. It helped in transmission of India numerical and decimal system to various parts of the world. It helped in enhancing trade relations among various countries.
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The reasons why India enjoys a strategic position with reference to International Trade Route: India is centrally located between East and the West Asia. ... Secondly, there is a trans Indian Ocean route that helps India to connect with the countries of Europe in the West and countries in East Asia
India's strategic location at the head of the Indian ocean gives it a great strategic importance and helps in maintaining contact with the rest of the world. It helps India to keep a close contact with West Asia, Europe, West Africa from the western coast and Southeast and East Asia from the eastern coast.