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Ibn Battuta

March 27th 1344
The famous traveler and trader Ibn Battuta traveled to Calicut at the about same time as me; I hope to document my travels as well as he has so far. He sees Calicut is visited by men from China, Sumatra, Ceylon, the Maldives, Yemen and Fars, and in it gathers merchants from all quarters. He said, "We came next to Calicut, one of the great ports of the district of Malabar, and in which merchants of ... read more
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Indian Flag The Indus Valley civilization, one of the oldest in the world, dates back at least 5,000 years. Aryan tribes from the northwest invaded about 1500 B.C.; their merger with the earlier Dravidian inhabitants created the classical Indian culture. Arab in... ... read more
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