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The Arabian Sea historically and geographically has been referred to by many different names by ] travelers and European geographers, that include<ref></ref> Sindhu Sagar,<ref></ref> ],<ref></ref> Sindh Sea,{{citation needed|date=December 2012}} and Akhzar Sea.{{citation needed|date=August 2012}} |
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The Arabian Sea historically and geographically has been referred to by many different names by ] travelers and European geographers, that include<ref></ref> Sindhu Sagar,<ref></ref> ],<ref></ref> Sindh Sea,{{citation needed|date=December 2012}} and Akhzar Sea.{{citation needed|date=August 2012}} |
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==Trade routes== |
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The Arabian Sea has been an important ] ] since the era of the ''coastal sailing vessels'' from possibly as early as the 3rd millennium BCE, certainly the late 2nd millennium BCE through the later days known as the ]. By the time of ], several well-established combined land-sea trade routes depended upon ] through the Sea around the rough inland ]s to its north. |
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These routes usually began in the ] or down river from ] with ] via historic ] (Bharakuccha), traversed past the inhospitable coast of today's ] then split around ] into two streams north into the ] and thence into the ], or south into ] via ] ports such as ]. Each major route involved transhipping to pack animal caravan, travel through desert country and risk of bandits and extortionate tolls by local potentiates. |
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This southern coastal route past the rough country in the southern ] (] and ] today) was significant, and the ]ian ]s built several shallow canals to service the trade, one more or less along the route of today's ], and another from the ] to the ], both shallow works that were swallowed up by huge ]s in antiquity. Later the ] arose in ] to rule a mercantile empire rooted in the trade with Europe via Alexandria. |
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==See also== |
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==See also== |
The Arabian Sea historically and geographically has been referred to by many different names by Arab travelers and European geographers, that include Sindhu Sagar, Erythraean Sea, Sindh Sea, and Akhzar Sea.
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. 
