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Subject: Information Portal 3 - India 6000 years ago - Alexander - Columbus - Sri Lanka _ Ravanan

This was the world map taught in European Schools 2,200 years ago. (Around 200 BC)

World map.jpg

Notice how India was shown at the lower right corner as a square country with a slight peninsular extension.
Yes, its surprising to see India being labelled "India" even 2,200 years ago.
In fact, it was called "India" even 6000 years ago.

No wonder Africa is the dark continent because only 20% of it was explored. Another interesting thing is that it shows an island named Taprobane (Adjacent to India and below it) which is actually the ancient name for Sri Lanka

America? What is that? :)
If not for Christopher Columbus, America would still be anonymous..

This version of the map was created by a Greek named Eratosthenes using inputs from Alexander the Great.

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References:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eratosthenes

http://outline-of-history.mindvessel.net/240-science-and-religion-at-alexandria/241-science-of-alexandria.html

Research thesis at a NZ University on this map accompanied with the following webpage as a pdf:
http://otago.ourarchive.ac.nz/handle/10523/1713

Enlarged version:
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e8/Mappa_di_Eratostene.jpg

Credits to Guruprasad for sharing this.

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