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[edit] Section: Journeys to the East and later centuries

This section is not nearly up to the standard. Could someone with knowledge/time to expand this section have a look? Connor Gilbert 18:06, 21 October 2007 (UTC)

[edit] No mention of the Monsoon winds?

I'm surprised that no one has added any information on how the ancient Indians made use of the Monsoon winds. J. Innes Miller, to mention one source, describes how Indian traders (the precursors of the better known Banians, who also deserve a mention in this article) used it to cross the Indian Ocean in a comparatively short time, giving them the ability to sail ports in Africa and Arabia, trade there, & return all within 8-9 months. It was an amazing resource that made the Indian Ocean arguably more commercially important than the contemporary Mediterranean Sea! -- llywrch (talk) 21:41, 22 February 2008 (UTC)