Describe the development of trade and commerce under the Vijayanagar r

1.	Describe the development of trade and commerce under the Vijayanagar rulers.
Answer» 1. Vijayanagara kingdom was a great center of trade. 2 Inland, Coastal and Overseas trade led to the general prosperity. 3. There were a number of seaports on the Malabar coast, the chief being Cannanore. 4. Commercial contacts with Arabia, Persia, South Africa and Portugal on the West and Burma, Malaya Peninsula and China on the east flourished. 5. Cotton and Silk, spices, rice iron, saltpeter and sugar were the chief items exported. 6. Vijayanagara kings imported horses, pearls, copper, coral, mercury, China silk and velvet clothes. 7. The art of shipbuilding developed.

Describe the development of trade and commerce under the Vijayanagar rulers.

Answer»

1. Vijayanagara kingdom was a great center of trade.

2 Inland, Coastal and Overseas trade led to the general prosperity.

3. There were a number of seaports on the Malabar coast, the chief being Cannanore.

4. Commercial contacts with Arabia, Persia, South Africa and Portugal on the West and Burma, Malaya Peninsula and China on the east flourished.

5. Cotton and Silk, spices, rice iron, saltpeter and sugar were the chief items exported.

6. Vijayanagara kings imported horses, pearls, copper, coral, mercury, China silk and velvet clothes.

7. The art of shipbuilding developed.