The Rashtrakutas and their Times c22.27

c22.27

Kalyan which was a natural port of export for the northern Deccan was the next port of importance. In the 6th century at the time of Cosmos Indicopleustes, it was one of the five important ports trading in cloth, brass, and blackwood logs; the same was very probably the case in our period too. Naosari, Sopara, Thana, Saimur, Dabhol, Jayagad, Devagad and Malvan were other ports of minor importance, engaged chiefly in coastal trade. The revenues from all these ports must have been fairly extensive. From the Kharepatan plates of Anantadeva it wood seem that the import duties on the coastal trade were less than those on the foreign trade. (25)