The importance of port towns in ancient India was linked with what?
Answer and explanation
Correct answer: Maritime trade and cultural contact
Port towns connected inland producers with overseas markets. They supported the movement of goods, merchants, sailors and sometimes religious ideas and cultural practices. Their importance therefore included both maritime trade and wider cultural contact. Farming, hunting or fortification might occur in some places, but none of those alone explains the defining role of a port town.
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What is the correct answer to this question?
Maritime trade and cultural contact
Why is this the correct answer?
Port towns connected inland producers with overseas markets. They supported the movement of goods, merchants, sailors and sometimes religious ideas and cultural practices. Their importance therefore included both maritime trade and wider cultural contact. Farming, hunting or fortification might occur in some places, but none of those alone explains the defining role of a port town.
Which subject and chapter does this question cover?
This is a Class 11 History question. Chapter: Writing and City Life.
