Question

describe a gateway to the west surat​

Answer 1

Answer:

Surat- A gateway to the West. Surat (Gujarat) was the emporium of western trade during the Mughal period. Surat was called the gateway for trade with West Asia via the Gulf of Ormuz. It was also called the gate to Mecca because many pilgrim ships set sail from here.

Answer 2

Surat in Gujarat was the emporium of western trade.

• Surat was the gateway for trade with West Asia via the Gulf of Ormuz.

• Surat is also called the gate to Mecca because many pilgrim ships set sail from here.

• The city was cosmopolitan.

• In the 17th  century the Portuguese, Dutch and English had their factories and warehouses at Surat.

• The textiles of Surat were famous for their gold lace borders (zari).

• They had a market in West Asia, Africa, and Europe.

• The Kathiawad seths or mahajans (moneychangers) had huge banking houses at Surat.

• Surat hundis were honoured in the far-off markets of Cairo in Egypt, Basra in Iraq and Antwerp in  Belgium.