Indian High Sea

The sea off the northern Malabar coast faces the river mouths of western India. The Swarna descends from the Western Ghats near Udupi, while farther north the port of Honnavar welcomed Arab merchants. Ibn Battuta visited Honnavar in 1342 and described the rule of Sultan Jamaluddin. Portuguese, Dutch and English traders later came to this shore, joining the maritime commerce of the Arabian Sea.