According to Java chronicles , In 603 CE a Prince from the Gurjara country set sail from his home port with 6 large and 100 smaller vessels and colonized Java .
A curious construction called Matsya Yantra is mentioned in Indian literature . Used by Sailors and Astronomers it was an iron fish in oil that pointed towards the North .( Magnetic Compass)
"While it is sunrise in Lanka , there is Midnight in Romaka" - Varahamihira
Description of the Chola port of Kaveripatnam .
Grand palace of Kaveripatnam was constructed by skilled artisans of Magadha , mechanics of Marada , Smithers of Avanti and carpenters of Yavana.
Grand palace of Kaveripatnam was constructed by skilled artisans of Magadha , mechanics of Marada , Smithers of Avanti and carpenters of Yavana.
It is said a Telugu Prince from Andhra country conquered and colonized Lower Burma which came to be known as Talainga to all their neighbours .
Memory of an usuccessful attempt for a colony .An Indian attempt to settle a colony named Lanka (named after the original Lanka) in Kiao Tchiu bay north of China .
Couldn't maintain the colony due to Chinese threat , the colonist got merged in Indian colonies of Cambodia.
Couldn't maintain the colony due to Chinese threat , the colonist got merged in Indian colonies of Cambodia.
How two Indian merchants brought cotton to Japan . One thing that is notable is how every Person from subcontinent , wherever he be from called himself Tien chu (Hindu) in front of foreigners .