Coastal India

Coastal states are Gujarat, Maharashtra, Goa, Karnataka, Kerala, Tamilnadu, Andhrapradesh, Odisha and West Bengal.

Other coastal union territories are Puducherry, Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu, Lakshadweep.

The Chola Empire established vast Tamil influence across South East Asian region [14][15][16] across Indonesia, Java, Bali and Sumatra.

This brought South Indian Heritage to Cambodia, Indonesia and Bali where the Balinese Hindu traditions still thrives.

[17] Towards the southernmost tip of coastal south western India the social system of inheritance was once matrilineal.

Coastal India
Satellite Picture of Coastal India.
Map of Coastal India with major landmarks.
Roman trade with ancient Coastal India according to the Periplus Maris Erythraei 1st century CE.
Scenic view of coastal plain fields near Visakhapatnam , Andhra Pradesh , India