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Question
Poompuhar was famous for trading activities. Discuss.
Answer in Brief
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Solution
- Pattinappalai, Silapathikaram, and Manimegalai have references to the British seaborne trade that took place in the Puhar Port.
- In Silappathikaram it is given that Kovalan’s father was a big trader and Kannagi’s father a sea – trader.
- This proves that big traders and sea traders had settled in Poompuhar.
- Numerous merchants from foreign countries such as Greece and Rome landed at Poompuhar.
- Due to busy and continuous trade, many of them stayed on indefinitely in Poompuhar.
- The traders of Poompuhar were known for their honesty and integrity.
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