who were the people that explorerd india?
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as far as i know, India was a British colony so my guess would be the British people!
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A very incomplete list, off my head\n\nAl Tartushi - Arab merchant from Spain who traveled the Baltic Sea around 9th century\n\nOttar of Halogaland - Norwegian merchant who sailed around the North Cape to northern Russia, and south to the court of Alfred of Wessex who had his travelogue written down. 9th century\n\nLeif Eriksson - son of Erik the Red (who had settled Greenland from Iceland) who sailed further west to Markland and Vinland (Ainse au Medaux in Labrador) 11th century\n\nWillem of Roebruk - Minorite monk sent as ambassador to the Ilkhan's court.\n\nNicolo and Maffeo Polo - traveled to China along the Silk Road 13th century. Nicolo's son Marco wrote the famous travelogue.\n\nVasco da Gama.- Portuguese sailor, sailed around the south tip of Africa into the Indic Ocean\n\nChristopher Columbus - sailed across the Atlantic into the Caribbean\n\nMagellan - Portuguese sailor who led the first circumnavigation of the earth, discovered the Magellan strait, died during the journey 16th century\n\nFrancis Drake - second circumnavigation, used the open sea of Kap Hoorn (named after the dutch expeditionary ship which found  the open seas passage further south) 17th century\n\nJames Cook - British sailor and explorer in the Pacific, around 1770\n\nBering - Danish sailor who tried to find the North-West Passage\n\nNansen - Norwegian who designed a ship to sail close to the North Pole\n\nDr Livingstone, Stanley - explorers of the Kongo\n\nFrederic Cooke, Peary - explorers to the North Pole\n\nScott, Amundsen - explorers to the South Pole\n\nErnest Shackleton - another explorer in the Antarctic, led a famous survival expedition after shipwreck in the ice shelf
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First, the Europeans had known right along about Africa (which was a short hop across the Mediterranean) and about Asia, though their dealings with the Far East (India to China) came rather late, and were a result of contact with Muslims, esp. after the Crusades.\n\nAs for America, the discovers knew NOTHING about America (leaving aside for now the brief settlement from an earlier discovery by people from Iceland --by way of Greenland) when Columbus stumbled into it when trying to get to the Far East more quickly by crossing the Atlantic (rather than trekking by land or sailing around Africa).  This is, of course, why they were "discoverers"!  (Actually, he would have been a discoverer if he had found the route he was looking for rather than a new continent he wasn't looking for.)\n\nIronically, Columbus's critics --who said it was too far and too dangerous-- had a much more accurate estimate of the earth's circumference than he did!   \n\nFurther irony, Columbus never knew that he HAD discovered a new continent.  He died believing he had reached the edge of the "Indies" [hence they are called the West Indies to this day].   It was Amerigo Vespucci who first concluded, while exploring the coast and part of the interior of South America in a 1501-02 voyage, that this was not part of the Far East at all, but a new continent. (The widespread circulation of his letter on this point explains how he became associated with the discovery itself and why mapmakers put a version of HIS name on a map of the "new world" in 1507.)\n\nOne other consideration -- why didn't they sail out to attempt such things earlier?   Because it was only in the 15th century that Europeans (beginning with the Portugese) developed the navigational tools and skills to undertake such voyages.\n\n**Note to mon l -- none of this had ANYTHING to do with "falling off the edge of the earth".  All these folks knew (and the educated had known for many centuries) that the world was round (contra later anti-Catholic propaganda and a blunder in a popular 19th century biography of Columbus that has influenced the popular understanding ever since).  The obstacle the experts --including some fine navigators-- saw was the great DISTANCE to Asia -- and on that point, they were correct!
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The ocean is located near india.
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If you believe the landbridge story connecting Asia to America, then Asian nomads first approached onto America and became the Native Americans after settling down.\n\nIf not, then the vikings were the first people to come to America with evidence. There are remains of a settlement up on Newfoundland which ceased to survive. Christopher Columbus (who was looking for the India in Asia), winded up landing in one of the Carribean islands and made that contineant famous in Europe.
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Who the hell u talking about? Never heard even of one of them. Are u Indians or something?
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East Indians are the people that originate from Asia and American Indians are the people that the Europeans found in America when they settled here.
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Asian peoples who later formed the native american tribes were the first.  hundreds of years later the vikings (anglo saxons) also arrived to explore the Americas.  Hundreds of years after that in 1492, A spanish Explorer Christopher Columbus, was paid by the Queen of Portugal to find a new route to India.  He choose to sail west rather than east and landed in what is now South America.  He then went on to India.  After Columbus returned to Portugal, he reported what he found to the Queen.  After the news of his adventures spread Spain and Portugal both began sending expiditions to the Americas and formed a few colonies in South and Central America.  \n\nIn the late 16th Century, France and Britain were exploring North America and Britain formed the James town settlement.  The first British Colony in the Americas.  France was also sending convicts to work the land in eastern Canada.  \n\nDuring the 17th century, many British and a few Dutch groups came to the New World for religious freedom.  By the early 18th century young British men were braving the new world in hopes of making their fortunes and some adventurous intellectuals also made the journey.  \n\nIt was not until the 19th century that significant numbers of non-Brits (Eastern Europeans, Italians, Germans, etc.) came to the United States.
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Wow, I'm truly speechless. What people? And if there were people in the Silurian period, why would they travel any differently than people do now?
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Spain and Portugal. England didn't really get into exploration and colonization until the 1600's - they spent the 1500's stabilizing the country.\n\nSpain mainly looked to the New World, Portugal mapped and colonized in Brazil, Africa, on to India during the 1500's.
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Since the fossil records indicate human life began in Africa, we're all immigrants. Even native peoples crossed the Bering straights from Asia into North America.
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zero was known to indians well before others. An ancient indian astronomer named ARYABHATT have discovered zero for his complex astronomical calculation. Arabs were responsible to introduce zero from india to europe. \n                         \nIndians are believed to have calculated value of 'g' the gravity much before newton.Similarly ancient indian text shows evidence for calculation of pi with atmost precision.
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WEB SITES ON EXPLORERS AND THE AGE OF EXPLORATION \n\nA comprehensive list of links for you to explore.\n\nhttp://www.cumbavac.org/Explorers.htm\n\nhttp://www.win.tue.nl/~engels/discovery/index.html\n\nhttp://www.enchantedlearning.com/explorers/\n\nhttp://edtech.kennesaw.edu/web/explorer.html\n\nhttp://www.ibiblio.org/expo/1492.exhibit/Intro.html\n\nhttp://www.mce.k12tn.net/explorers/explorers_start.htm\n\nhttp://www.42explore2.com/explorers.htm\n\nGood luck.\n\nKevin, Liverpool, England.
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india name was given by britishers and bharatdesh was original name of india.
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Akbar pursued a policy of vigorous expansion until his empire reached the greater part of the sub-continent north of the Godavari, writes Hambly. Akbar proved himself as sophisticated a commander and leader as any of his ancestors. Akbar's far-sighted policies also included the employment of talented Hindus in senior administrative positions in a regime that previously had been exclusively Muslim.\n\nhis kingdom was a secure one, hindus and muslims were equal!
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mahatma gandhi...\n\nhes the one who made india the way it is today\n\nhere are some sites that may help yoU!:\n\nhttp://www.mkgandhi.org/ \n(thats a mahatma gandhi foundation website...quite helpful!)\n\nhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mahatma_Gandhi\n(wikipedia...encyclopedia!)\n\nhttp://www.mahatma.org.in/flash.html\n(the official mahatma gandhi archive & ref. library)\n\nand one more:\nhttp://www.lucidcafe.com/library/95oct/mkgandhi.html\n\nKk..i hope i helped!!!!!!\n\ngood luck with your project and a have a great day! =]
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I guess the most famous Indian was Mahatma Gandhi. \n\nHe was a great leader, who advocated non-violence and truth as the means to independence from British rule. He is known as the Father of the Nation. \n\nRead more at \nhttp://www.answers.com/main/ntquery?sm1=WW91ciBBbnN3ZXIgSSBndWVzcyB0aGUgbW9zdCBmYW1vdXMgSW5kaWFuIHdhcyBNYWhhdG1hIEdhbmRoaS4g&fw=9&fc=3&ss=-1&es=-1&gwp=11&ver=1.0.8.207&method=1\n\nAmong all the great Indians of modern times, he stands the tallest. Hats off to him!