How has the central location of India at the head of the Indian Ocean helped in developing trade and cultural relations with other countries since ancient times? Explain.

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India occupies a strategic central position between East and West Asia. The Indian peninsula protudes into the Indian Ocean, which helps India establish close contact with West Asia, Africa, and Europe from the western coast, and with Southeast and East Asia from the eastern coast. 
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