Prepare a short note about the agriculture and trade progrees in the vijayanagara empire
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The city of Vijayanagara was the most important seat of commerce in the country. It carried on trade in diamonds, rubies, pearls etc.
There were as many as 300 sea ports in the Vijayanagara empire. There were commercial relations with the islands in the Indian Ocean, the Malaya Archipelago, Burma, China, Arabia, Persia, South Africa, Abyssinia and Portugal. The imports were horses, elephants, pearls, copper, coral, mercury, China silk and velvet. The exports were cloth, rice, iron, salt petre, sugar and spices.
The period of the Vijayanagara Empire is considered an age of prosperity in South India in the 14th century CE. Many travelogues written by visitors, ambassadors and authors of that time provide ample proof of a vibrant era. Agriculture was the main sustenance and the Tungabhadra was the life blood of the capital city.
The prosperity of the Vijayanagara Empire was on account of the growth of agriculture, industries, trade and commerce. The land was very fertile; Most of the land in the countryside was under cultivation. Among the cottage industries cotton and textile industry occupied an important position in the field of industries