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India's earliest historical contact with the religion of Islam came via:

  1. A
    The Arab invasion of Sindh in the seventh-eighth century.
  2. B
    The Central Asian Turkish invasions of the eleventh-twelfth centuries.
  3. C
    Interacting with Arab merchants along the maritime Malabar coast.
  4. D
    Regular visits by Sufi saints and traveling Arab geographers.

Solution & Step-by-step Explanation

Long before military invasions occurred in the northwestern frontier, India's initial interaction with Islam began along the southwestern coast. Arab seafaring traders and merchants regularly visited the ports of Malabar (Kerala) and Konkan for spice commerce, settling down and establishing communities as early as the century CE.

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India's earliest historical contact with the religion of Islam came via:
A
The Arab invasion of Sindh in the seventh-eighth century.
B
The Central Asian Turkish invasions of the eleventh-twelfth centuries.
C
Interacting with Arab merchants along the maritime Malabar coast.
D
Regular visits by Sufi saints and traveling Arab geographers.

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