The Indian Ocean circa 390-1000

Caption

The Indian Ocean circa 390-1000

Summary

This map illustrates the expansion of navigation along the Indian Ocean.

Legend indicates:

  • Eastern limit of Ghaznawid (Muslim) influence in India
  • Muslim trade routes
  • non-Muslim trade routes
  • Sea routes
  • Commodities

Source

An Historical Atlas of Islam – Atlas Historique de l’Islam, Second Edition. Edited by Hugh Kennedy, Tuta sub Aegide Pallas 1683,
Brill, Leiden-Boston-Koeln, 2002, page 60.

Cartography by Marc Bel, Peter van der Donck.

Copyright

© 2002 Koninklijke Brill NV, The Netherlands. All rights reserved.

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