What do you understand by the voyages and the navigation in ancient In

1.	What do you understand by the voyages and the navigation in ancient India ?
Answer» Five or six thousand years ago, there were fully developed ports in India. Sea routes, ports, ships etc. have were been very important from trading point of view. The major ports were Chole, Dabhol, Rajpur, Malvan, Goa, Kotayam, Konark, Machhalipattam and Kaveripattamm. Navigation – There is a vivid description of building boats and their types by the Indian sailors in the book Yukti Kalpataru’ written by King Bhoj, the ruler of Dhar anagari. Some Arab passengers have mentioned the use of iron – fish instrument by the Indian sailors in finding out the direction. Megasthenese has written about nine fleet of ships. When a fleet was out to sail on the sea, the head of the fleet was regarded as the chief naval officer of the fleet.

What do you understand by the voyages and the navigation in ancient India ?

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Five or six thousand years ago, there were fully developed ports in India. Sea routes, ports, ships etc. have were been very important from trading point of view. The major ports were Chole, Dabhol, Rajpur, Malvan, Goa, Kotayam, Konark, Machhalipattam and Kaveripattamm.

Navigation – There is a vivid description of building boats and their types by the Indian sailors in the book Yukti Kalpataru’ written by King Bhoj, the ruler of Dhar anagari.

Some Arab passengers have mentioned the use of iron – fish instrument by the Indian sailors in finding out the direction. Megasthenese has written about nine fleet of ships. When a fleet was out to sail on the sea, the head of the fleet was regarded as the chief naval officer of the fleet.

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