The discover of the sea route to East Indies; born at Sines, Province of Alemtejo, Portugal, about 1469; died at Cochin, India, 24 December, 1524.
St Thomas Apostle been to India in 0001 AD ....so i guess he is the one who discovered India and not Vasco da Game....
even the mugals and the chinese traveller been to india between 300-1300 AD so they all discovered the peninsula before VASCO DI GAME...(PUN) British taught us and like fools we are following....... My friends son in US in one of the exams 'he is 7 years old' written Bran adams discovered india in 2004....he is also correct brand adams been to india for his first concert in that year and for a bran adams fan its nothing less than a discovery..........think an idea can save 2..........one is u
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2007-03-13 01:03:52 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous in Arts & Humanities ➔ History
so the verdict:---vascodagama only figured out the sea route from europe to india...and should not be called as "the discoverer of india.....there are people who been to india much before that -st thomas is one among them who came all the way from euro asia which we believe travelled by land because we dont have evidences to prove he travelled by water....then he should have entered india through homalayas or the punjab rajestan or gujarat routes or through the north east...so the christian belief of he landed in kodungallur by sea need to be challenged...he came to north india first and not kerala....or otherwise its not vasco but st thomas who discovered the sear route....
2007-03-14 17:59:05 · update #1
You are missing the point. Of course China knew about India and so did the Arab world and many countries around the world including Europe and Egypt etc. People who travelled the world in those days were few and far between due to very poor means of communication. Tales of India's riches in spices, fine fabrics, arts and crafts including precious metals and ivory were the envy of the world.
Therefore the land routes into India were well known. Some of the shorter seafarer routes may also be preciously safeguareded by the traders.
If you study the backgound history of the spice trade from India you will find out that the Europeans were trying to find a trade route to India through the sea, as coming across the Himalayan mountains through the Khybar pass etc. was not always an easy game.
How did St. Thomas got to India - how authentic is that information. It's very easy to verify that with the scientific techniques that are available today.
Even a brief histoy of India will demonstarte how many different people were trying to re-discover it for others for one reason or another. We all konw that India has existed in its present location with its own indigenous people for at least tens of thousands of years if not more.
2007-03-13 05:58:08 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
sorry but you are making basic mistake in land and sea route.
sea and land trade routes are as old as known history,between India and other countries.silk route is very famous.
sea routes were well established from India to Persia and south east Asia. Vasco da Gama came to India first time in history via Cape of Good Hope,before him this route circumventing Africa and across Indian ocean was not known.
2007-03-13 19:21:57 · answer #2 · answered by rajan t 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Vasco Di Gama is not know as discoverer of India. He is know as the discoverer of 'sea route from Europe to India'.
Gather your facts before you could challenge something.
All the best...
:-)
2007-03-14 06:33:58 · answer #3 · answered by plato's ghost 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Some good points there ,also check into the (Acts 8 26-40)Ethiopian Eunoch,among others where one time there was speculation that he may have been from India or was it Africa,that part is slipping from my memory.
2007-03-13 01:20:27 · answer #4 · answered by hunter 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You are right on mate!
So Hurley and Arun discovered India in 2007...
2007-03-14 06:39:17 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Study the history of Cholas.Their sea wars may put some light on your question.
2007-03-15 23:39:31 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
See, if you look this way, then
Its Alexander - who discovered India.
2007-03-13 01:16:07 · answer #7 · answered by surez 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes ,you can have your opinion.Become a historian.
Logically you can arrive at your point.
Logic is a systematic way of arriving at wrong conclusions in a right way.
Good luck.
2007-03-16 21:04:52 · answer #8 · answered by Radhakrishna( prrkrishna) 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Dear History cannot be changed.
2007-03-14 01:28:16 · answer #9 · answered by geet 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Best of luck
2007-03-13 17:21:16 · answer #10 · answered by Amit Kumar 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋