alleryPrint arrived in India in the mid-16th century via:
APortuguese Catholic missionaries in Goa
BMughal court patronage of Persian calligraphy
CBritish East India Company's Bombay office
DChinese traders along the Coromandel coast
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: A. Portuguese Catholic missionaries in Goa
Print arrived in India with Portuguese Catholic missionaries in Goa in the mid-1500s.
They printed religious texts in Konkani, Tamil, and Malayalam.
The first Tamil book was printed in 1579.
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