Maize reached India in the seventeenth century via which route?

1. Maize became a major crop of western India. 2. It came via Africa and Spain. 3. Tomatoes, potatoes and chillies came from the New World. _Source: syllabus Themes in Indian History Part II, Theme 8, Peasants, Zamindars and the State: Agrarian Society and the Mughal Empire._