KERALA PSC / KERALA HISTORY / EARLY FOREIGN CONTACTS / NOTES

 

KERALA PSC / KERALA HISTORY / EARLY FOREIGN CONTACTS / NOTES

KERALA PSC / KERALA HISTORY / EARLY FOREIGN CONTACTS / NOTES

·       Assyrians and Babylonians were the first to have trade relations with ancient Kerala

·       In 1500 BC the Egyptian Queen Hatsheput, (first woman ruler in the world), sent an expedition to Kerala for spices.

·       Arabs and Phoenicians also had trade relations with ancient Kerala

·       It is believed that Hippalus, a Greek navigator, came to Muziris (Kodungallur) by sea in 45AD

·       Hippalus discovered Monsoon winds in 45AD

·       Quilon was an important centre of Chinese trade

·       Pepper got the name ‘Yavana priya’ because of its high demand by the Romans and Greeks

 

KERALA PSC / KERALA HISTORY / EARLY FOREIGN CONTACTS / NOTES

 

·       Italian (Venetian) traveller Marcopolo reached Kerala in 1292 (13^th Century)

·       Muziris, Tyndis, Barace and Nelcynade were the famous sea ports in ancient Kerala

·       African Traveller (Morocco), Ibn Batuta reached Kerala during 1342-1347

·       Nicolo Conte reached Kerala in 1440

·       The Cranganore Port (Muziris) declined as a result of the floods in the Periyar river in 1341

 

KERALA PSC / KERALA HISTORY / EARLY FOREIGN CONTACTS / NOTES