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                                                                    Masulipatnam
                                                       Vijayanagara


                                                                                Sea route             (INDIA)   ANDAMAN AND NICOBAR ISLANDS
                                                                                Trade centre

                                          (INDIA)
                                           LAKSHADEEP
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                                   MALDIVES                          LANKA
                                                   I N D I A N                O C E A N
                                                           Silk Route in India
             Craft and Industrial Towns                             into prominence also because of cotton textile
                                                                    industries and Moradabad due to its brass
            Some towns developed because there lived
                                                                    industries.
            craftsmen of a particular article, such as Bidar where
            a large number of craftsmen working in Bidri  lived.     Military Towns
            Similarly,    Varanasi     and
                                                                    Some towns came into prominence because they
            Kanchipuram      came      into
                                                                    were suitable for garrisoning the army. These
            prominence due to its rich                              towns were so located that the army can train
            embroidered sarees.
                                                                    during peacetime and move from there to the
            Some      towns     developed                           battle scene with minimum of time and resources.
            because of a particular type of                         Some of such towns were Ambala in Punjab,
            industry in a place, such as                            Meerut in Uttar Pradesh and Jodhpur in Rajasthan.
            Ahmedabad and Surat came            Banarasi sarees
                                                                                     Towns, Traders and Craftsmen
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