Why did Indian powers permit the domination of the Indian Ocean by a small and economically backward state such as Portugal for more than a century?

1. Where the Portuguese were superior was the manoeuvring capacity of their ships, the Indo-Arab ships being slow and clumsy on account of their heavy sails.

2. The Indian powers reconciled themselves to this domination because it did not threaten their own political positions on the mainland.

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