Question

Give reasons
1.Why was Hampi such an important town during medieval period
2.Why surat considered as pilgrimage centre
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Answer 1

Answer:

Q1. Hampi was an important centre of the cotton and spice trade. In fifteenth and sixteenth centuries, European merchants used to buy these goods from the rich markets of Hampi. Hampi also traded with Persia, Arabia, Burma (now Myanmar), China and numerous islands in Indian Ocean.

Q2. Surat has also been called the gate to Mecca because many pilgrim ships set sail from here. The city was cosmopolitan and people of all castes and creeds lived there. In the seventeenth century the Portuguese, Dutch and English had their factories and warehouses at Surat.

Answer 2

Answer:

1.) Hampi was an important center of cotton & spice trade. In 15th & 16th centuries european merchants used to buy these goods from the rich markets of Hampi . So , Hampi is an important place in medieval period.

2.)Surat is not considered as a pilgrimage center. It is known as Diamond city of India