For over a millennium, cowrie shells used as currency reached China and East Africa from:
AThe Maldives
BSri Lanka
CZanzibar
DThe Andamans
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: A. The Maldives
1. Cowdi is the Hindi word for cowrie.
2. They came from the Maldives.
3. Trade links are older than we think.
_Source: syllabus India and the Contemporary World II, Chapter 3, The Making of a Global World._
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