At the time Europe(starting of 15th century ) they invented first printing machine, Great philosophers,authors spread about the india's wealth and knowledge through their books.Christopher columbus knew greatness of india through books.He tried to explore the ways to find india.Columbus came to believe that the India could be reached by sailing towards west through the Atlantic Ocean. He appealed to the kings of Portugal, France and England to finance a westward trip to the Indies, but all denied his request.Finally king Ferdinand of spain financed for his travel.He took the ship,Santa Maria in 1492 in westwards. He want to find india but fortunately he found america and he thought india, that's why native american's are called red indian's.
3.Travel path of vasco di gama
2.Vasco di gama
Europe started looking for india all over the world. This story was taken from the log book diary,which is misbon maritime museum. In 1948 vasco di gama sailed east wards through west coast of africa with Sao Gabriel,which was the largest ship in europe at the time(28 metres) . Following several months of travel,He rounded
the Cape of good hope and following his travel towards eastwards.He lost the sight of
the land during his journey.He scared to move forward. At the time his ship was
guided by indian ships which were ten times bigger than his ship.
When we look at the ship sizes mentioned in the Nava Shastra, the Indian Navigational text, we see that there were indeed ships of the size observed by Vasco da Gama. From these measurements, it is obvious that India had large ships, with industries that built such large ships.
4.Indian ship sizes according to Navs Shastra
Unfortunately British destroy indian navigation industry to make way for the modern ships of the english to make their economy prosper.
JAI HIND
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