What has changed over a millenium. What remains the same.
Few wise men and thought leaders for India’s national security once laughed at the mention of the maritime reach of the Deccan empires.
It was humorous to them, the idea that the kinds here had anything to do with the sea or had a blue water navy. Today, a simple search can bring up the history of the Chola, Pallava, Pandya and Chera dynasties.
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