Indian Ocean Trade Network in the 1050s

Name: Indian Ocean Trade Network in the 1050s
Start: 1051
End: 1060

Type Event Region Indian Ocean Time 1051–1060

In the 1050s, the Indian Ocean formed a cross-regional trade system linking East Africa, Arabia, India, and Southeast Asia, a key decade where Islami…

Timeline

1051–1055Gujarat and Malabar coasts · GujaratIn the 1050s, Gujarat and Malabar ports received merchant ships from the Persian Gulf and Red Sea, exporting cotton, pepper, and gems and importing Arab horses and African ivory, forming core nodes of the western Indian Ocean trade circuit.
1053–1058Coromandel Coast · Tamil NaduCoromandel and Bay of Bengal ports under Chola and Pandya control had frequent dealings with Southeast Asian city-states such as Srivijaya and Champa; spices, camphor, and Buddhist scriptures traveled east with monsoon merchant ships, forming the eastern Indian Ocean trade belt.
1056–1060Aden and Kilwa · YemenIn the late 1050s, ports such as Aden and Kilwa and Indian regional powers competed for control of sea routes through tariffs, charters, and naval patrols; the trade network was both an economic bond and an extension of political rivalry among the Cholas, the Ghaznavids, and Arab merchants.

Sources

The Indian Ocean in World History — Milo Kearney (2004)
When Asia Was the World: Traveling Merchants, Scholars, Warriors, and Monks — Stewart Gordon (2008)