Question

Describe Surat as a gateway ot the west

Answer 1

Answer:

Because in the medieval period all muslim pilgrims use to start their pilgrimage to mekka from Surat by ships so the port of Surat also got a religious importance as a wholy City and it is also called as the gateway to Mekka and Gateway to west

Explanation:

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

Answer:

Surat in Gujarat was the emporium of western trade

during the Mughal period along with Cambay (present-

day Khambat) and somewhat later, Ahmedabad. Surat

was the gateway for trade with West Asia via the Gulf

of Ormuz. Surat has also been called the gate to Mecca

because many pilgrim ships set sail from here.