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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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