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Option B - Arabian Merchants had exported Indian goods through Red sea and Mediterranean port in European countries. In 1498 AD, Vasco da Gama discovered a sea route via Europe to India. Suez canal was digged in 1869 to connect the Mediterranean Sea to the Red Sea via the tributaries of River Nile. This canal had reduced the 7000 km distance between Europe and India.
B. Arabian Merchants had exported Indian goods through Red sea and Mediterranean port in European countries. In 1498 AD, Vasco da Gama discovered a sea route via Europe to India. Suez canal was digged in 1869 to connect the Mediterranean Sea to the Red Sea via the tributaries of River Nile. This canal had reduced the 7000 km distance between Europe and India.