Give details about Masulipattinam an important trade and center.

Ans. Masulipattinam was a known port city and occupied a grand economic status in time of Golconda Sultanate. It was connected with two trade cycles-those in the Bay of Bengal in the east and in the Arabian Sea in the west and worked as export and import port for vast hinterland. Main items of exports were textiles, iron and steel, indigo rice, pepper, spices and salt while main items of import were tin, aromatic woods, wines, bullions and elephants.