Since ancient times, trade relations ………………1……………… between India and Europe. There ……………….2……………….. a great demand for Indian goods in the European markets. In the medieval period, land routes ……………………3………………….. for this trade. Later the merchants and rulers …………….4………………… to look for sea routes for their trade with India. Vasco da Gama, a Portuguese sailor, ………………………..5………………. round the tip of South Africa in 1498 and ……………………6………………. at the port of Calicut in India. He ………………7……………………. trade privileges from the Zamorin. In 1510, the Portuguese …………………..8…………………….. Goa. Thereafter, they ………………….9…………………… Diu-Daman under their control. The Portuguese ……………10…………………… huge wealth from their trade with India.