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History of Kochi dated back at least to early 1400
In this article, Kochi dated back only to 1500s
The following paragraphy about history of Kochi in the early 1400s was deleted by by Deepujoseph for no good reason.
"The history of Kochi(Chinese 柯枝) dated back to early 15th century. During the Yong Le era of Ming Dynasty, Admiral Zheng He and his treasure fleet visited Kochi. Their visits were documented by on board Arab language translators Ma Huan,Fei Xin and Gong Zheng,each one of them published a book documented their visits to variou countries, including Kochi.(There is an English translation of Ma Huan’s book Ying yai sheng lan (The Overall survey of the ocean shores）.
- The name of the king of Kochi was Koyili,he was a buddhist.
- The main product of Kochi was pepper.The rich merchants or chetti of Kochi, collected pepper from local farmers and exchange them with arab merchants for pearls, coral and spice, then in turn wait for the arrival of Zheng He's fleet to trade for porcelain and silk.
- In 1405 King Koyili sent envoy Vanjatar(完者塔儿)to pay tribute to Emperor Zhu Di of Ming Empire.
- In 1412 King Koyili sent envoy to Ming Court a second time, requested a formal Imperial instituion of a mountain in Kochi.
- In 1416 Emperor Zhu Di formally instituted king Koyili as "King of Kochi". The Emperor also instituted a mountain in Kochi as National Guardian Mountain (镇国山), with institution poem (in 16 stanzas, 64 Chinese characters )written by Emperor Zhu Di himself inscribed on a stone tablet as Imperial present."
In doing so, Deepujoseph had truncated the history of Kochi. If the history of Kochi began in the 1500s, then Kochi should called Cochin, the Portugese name.
It was a fact of history that Kochi did payed tribute to Emperor Yong Le. But the so called tributary system was mostly symbolic, in exchange for protection of Ming Emperor, the king retained full control of his country, unlike settlement where foreign power had full control
Reference: Ma Huan: Ying Yai Sheng Lan, the overall survey of the ocean's shores
ISBN 974 8496 78-3
Being the two largest and most ancient countries in Asia, there is strong historical links
bewteen India and China. As is well known, the influence of Budhism in China is immense thru
the pilgrimage of Xuan Zang in Tang dynasty, in the same period, the Emperor of Tang also sent envoy to Magadha to learn the method of making refined sugar. The second period of
close contact was during the Ming dynasty when Zheng He and his fleet visited
Calicut, Kochi, India and many other places in India. The history of these visits
were well documented in the books by Xuan Zang and Ma Huan. Scholars in Indian History
acknowledge the importance of Xuan Zang and Ma Huan as important primary sources of ancient
history of India. Indian history cannot be complete without reference to Xuan Zang and Ma Huan.