Why is India said to enjoy a strategic position with reference to the International trade route?
1. The Indian landmass has a central location between the East and the West Asia.
2. India is a southward extension of the Asian Continent.
3. The Trans Indian Ocean routes which connect the countries of Europe in the west and the countries of East Asia provide a strategic central location to India.
4. The Deccan Peninsula protrudes into the Indian Ocean thus helping India establish close contact with West Asia, Africa and Europe from the western coast and with southeast and east Asia from the eastern coast.
5. The various passes across the mountains in the north have provided passages to the ancient travelers.
6 These routes have contributed in the exchange of ideas and commodities since ancient times.
