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how did Surat gain its importance as a trading town

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Answered by vinay0018
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The great explorer Hiuen Tsang referred the Surat City as Sowrata and described it as a business town on theshore of Arabian Sea near Gujarat. ...The Surat Port was consideredimportant by the European traders.The British and the Portuguese waged battles against each other to gainsupreme control over the tradingroute.

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Answered by shreyaanadhikarri
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Answer:- a. As Surat was an important commercial town which became an important center of commercial activities. Located near the sea it became the hub of economic activities whereby goods could be traded via sea routes.

b. Portuguese, English, Dutch has set up their factories in Surat.

c. Surat had a flourishing business of cotton textiles which was exported on a large scale to West Asia, Africa and Europe.

d. Surat became gate to Mecca , because many pilgrim ships set sail from there.

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