The given political outline Map of India shows six places marked as A, B, C, D, E and F. Choose the correct 'alphabet' from the options based on the given information
In which of the following places is the Malabar Coast?
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 2
The correct answer is Option 2 - C
The point 'C' on the map is The Malabar coast (present-day Kerala).
The Malabar Coast is present-day Kerala.
The Malabar coast (present-day Kerala)
Here is an excerpt from Periplus of the Erythraean Sea, composed by an anonymous Greek sailor (c. first century CE):
They (i.e. traders from abroad) send large ships to these market-towns on account of the great quantity and bulk of pepper and malabathrum (possibly cinnamon, produced in these regions). There are imported here, in the first place, a great quantity of coin; topaz … antimony (a mineral used as a colouring substance), coral, crude glass, copper, tin, lead … There is exported pepper, which is produced in quantity in only one region near these markets … Besides this there are exported great quantities of fine pearls, ivory, silk cloth, … transparent stones of all kinds, diamonds and sapphires, and tortoise shell.