How did towns Bidar ,surat,hampi,and masulipatnam become prosperous
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Hampi is a village in northern Karnataka. It was located in the ruins of the city of Vijayanagara (once the capital of the the Vijayanagara Empire). In the 15th and the 16th centuries, Hampi became the centre for various cultural and commercial activities. The markets consisted of traders such as Moors (name used for muslim merchants), the Chettis and the Portuguese.
The city of Surat was cosmopolitan as people of all castes and creeds lived there. During the Mughal period, Surat, Cambay (present day Khambhat) and later Ahmedabad carried out trade with the west. extile industry of Surat has been famous for its Zari Work (intricate art of weaving threads of fine gold and silver) and has a market in West asia, Africe and Europe.
The town of Masulipatnam is located on the bank of river Krishna. In the 17th century, the English and the Dutch East India Companies tried to control the town as it became the most important port of the coast near Andhra Pradesh.
The inlay work in copper and silver done by the craftspersons of Bidar (a district in north-east Karnataka) became very famous and came to be called bidri (from Bidar).
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