Throw light on the situation of ancient foreign trade routes.

1.	Throw light on the situation of ancient foreign trade routes.
Answer» Following is the description of ancient foreign trade routes: 1. Armenian and Persian traders used the route through Punjab, Afghanistan, East Persia and Central Asia for trading. 2. India was connected with the countries of the middle-east and the eastern sea through the sea port at Surat in Gujarat. 3. Ports at Machalipatnam and Coromandal Coast and Hugli in the Bay of Bengal connected India to South Asian countries. 4. India conducted trade with Arab countries mainly through land routes and through sea routes via Indian Ocean and Arabian Sea.

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Following is the description of ancient foreign trade routes:

1. Armenian and Persian traders used the route through Punjab, Afghanistan, East Persia and Central Asia for trading.

2. India was connected with the countries of the middle-east and the eastern sea through the sea port at Surat in Gujarat.

3. Ports at Machalipatnam and Coromandal Coast and Hugli in the Bay of Bengal connected India to South Asian countries.

4. India conducted trade with Arab countries mainly through land routes and through sea routes via Indian Ocean and Arabian Sea.

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