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Why was Qandhar strategically important to the Mughals?
- AIt provided direct naval access to the Red Sea for Mughal expeditions.
- BIt served as a religious pilgrimage center linking India with Central Asian Sufi shrines.
- CIt was a crucial trade hub connecting the Arabian Sea with the Persian Gulf.
- DIt controlled key land routes between Kabul and Herat and acted as a fortified military outpost.Correct answer
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D. It controlled key land routes between Kabul and Herat and acted as a fortified military outpost.
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It lay on important overland routes linking Kabul with the Herat region and formed part of the Mughal strategic frontier.
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