Vasco da Gama 'discovered' India
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India was a centre of world trade for thousands of years before 1498. Vasco da Gama found a sea route from Europe and reached Kozhikode (Calicut), a busy international port.
Myth: India was discovered by Europeans in 1498.
Fact: India was a centre of world trade for thousands of years before 1498. Vasco da Gama found a sea route from Europe and reached Kozhikode (Calicut), a busy international port.
The Harappan port of Lothal had one of the earliest known dockyards. Roman ships traded at Muziris in Kerala. Chola fleets sailed to South-East Asia in the 11th century. Indian merchants, monks and ideas spread across Asia long before European ships arrived.
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