Text: In the early centuries of the Christian era, the peninsula's advantageous position made it an ideal way-station for trade with Bengal and southern India, and attracted Indianized colonies from the Mekong valley of Indochina.
Entailment: The peninsula was well-placed to benefit from trade and travel at the beginning of the Christian period.
Contradiction: The peninsula was located far from trade routes and was little more than a backwater.