The towns of Ghantasala, Kadura, and Puhar of the Gupta dynasty were popularly known as: (UPSC 2020)

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Correct answer: Ports handling foreign trade. Ans: A Exp: Option (a) is correct: In India, trade with foreign empires dates to Harappan culture. Important among them were Lothal, Lakhabawal, Kindarkhera, Kuntasi, Megham, Prabhasa, Todio, and Amra. This tradition continued through the Mauryan and Gupta empires. India had commercial and cultural ties with nearly all of the Southeast Asian nations, as well as Egypt, Rome, the Greeks, the Arabs, and China. Chaul was one of the ports in Western India, with Kalyan, Broach, and Cambay. In the south were Kadura, Ghantsala, and Puhar (Kaveripattinam).

The towns of Ghantasala, Kadura, and Puhar of the Gupta dynasty were popularly known as: (UPSC 2020)

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