Question

some features of port towns

Answer 1

THE LONG COASTLINE OF INDIA AND ALSO ITS EXTENSIVE TRADE WITH THE OUTSIDE WORLD DURING ANCIENT AND MEDIEVAL TIMES PAVED THE WAY FOR THE EMERGENCE AND GROWTH OF PORT TOWNS.CAMBAY,SOPARA,BROACH,SURAT AND GOA DEVELOPED ON THE WESTERN COAST,WHIL THE EASTERN COAST SAW THE DEVELOPMET OF PORTS SUCH AS TAMRALIPTI AND VISAKHAPATNAM.THOSE PORTS FACILITATED INDIA TRADE WITH AFRICA,WEST ASIA,EUROPE AND SOUTH-EAST ASIA