The Sea, Rivers and Backwaters in kerala

The Arabean Sea has been a permanent geographical factor in our History.In factKerala has been the gift of the Arabean Sea.Kerala depended for its prosperity on the seaand the sea borne trade.The Jews,Christian, Muslims and Parsees came here following asea route and first landed here.The Europeans anchored at Kerala coast.The Portuguesewere the first in this endeavour followed by the Dutch.French and the English, all followeda sea route to reach Kerala and landed on the Kerala coast and built their settlementshere.The Arabian sea had been the field of activity for the Kunjalis, the Admirals of theCalicut fleet.The imperialists first set their foot here and met with their first rebuffhere.The commercial and cultural contacts that Kerala has had in the past immenselybenefited the princes and peoples of Kerala.The extensive sea coast of Kerala has provideda number of harbours both in the ancient and modern times.In ancient times we have suchports as Muziris,Tyndis,Barace and Nelcynda. In medieval times we have Kollam,Kozhikode and Kodungallur, and in modern times we have Kochi, Alapuzha andEzhimala. If Kerala was isolated fro