Which of the following statements is true?

Statement A- Arab Muslim traders who settled along the Malabar coast (Kerala) adopted the local customs such as matriliny and matrilocal residence.

Statement B- Matrilocal residence is a practice where women after marriage remain in their natal home with their children and the husbands may come to stay with them.

Choose the correct answer from the given options:

Both statements are correct.

The correct answer is Option 3 - Both statements are correct.

Statement A- Arab Muslim traders who settled along the Malabar coast (Kerala) adopted the local customs such as matriliny and matrilocal residence.

Statement B- Matrilocal residence is a practice where women after marriage remain in their natal home with their children and the husbands may come to stay with them.

The developments that followed the coming of Islam were not confined to ruling elites; in fact they permeated far and wide, through the subcontinent, amongst different social strata – peasants, artisans, warriors, merchants, to name a few.

Elsewhere, Arab Muslim traders who settled along the Malabar coast (Kerala) adopted the local language, Malayalam. They also adopted local customs such as matriliny and matrilocal residence.

Matrilocal residence is a practice where women after marriage remain in their natal home with their children and the husbands may come to stay with them.