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Specifically, the Maldives was the first landfall for traders from Basra sailing to Sri Lanka or Southeast Asia. [citation needed] Bengal was one of the principal trading partners of the Maldives. [citation needed] Trade between these regions involved mainly cowrie shells and coir fiber. [citation needed]
At first, Maldives was a matriarchal society with each atoll ruled by a chief queen according to some accounts or by others, several theocratic societies ruled by priests known as Sawamias of heliolatric, selenolatric and astrolatric religions. After that, the first kingdom was established, named Dheeva Maari. [1]
According to legends, the first settlers of the Maldives were people known as Dheyvis. [21] The first Kingdom of the Maldives was known as Kingdom of Dheeva Maari . [22] During the 3rd century BCE visit of emissaries, it was noted that the Maldives was known as Dheeva Mahal. [21]
Maldives was turned into a Sultanate in 1153 when the Buddhist King Dhovemi converted to Islam.Prior to that the Maldives was a Buddhist Kingdom, a Hindu Kingdom and before that a matriarchal society with each atoll ruled by a chief queen according to some accounts or by others, several theocratic societies ruled by priests known as Sawamias of heliolatric, selenolatric and astrolatric religions.
The Sultanate of the Maldive Islands [2] was an Islamic monarchy that controlled the Maldives for 815 years (1153–1968), with one interruption from 1953–1954.. Maldives was a Buddhist kingdom until its last monarch, King Dhovemi, converted to Islam in the year 1153; thereafter he also adopted the Muslim title and name Sultan Muhammad al-Adil.
History tells us that Koimala , a prince from presumably South India who sailed to the Maldives with his Sinhalese wife alongside ships of slaves and treasure. He initially made his first stop at Maalhosmadulu Uthuruburi [Raa Atoll], in the island Rasgatheemu, with his slaves settled in Angolhitheemu island.
Noomaraa is a typical island in Maldives. The first settlers of the island were a mystery to historians. It is believed that they are early Maldivian settlers dating back to 5th century BC with the Aryan immigrants coming from neighboring countries India and Sri Lanka.
It is unlikely that the Giraavaru islanders were the only early settlers in the Maldives, as it is often claimed on the basis of myths and legends. From the anthropological point of view there were, and still are, other distinctive groups of people in the Maldives, like in Huvadhu Atoll for example, having their particular customs, manners and ...