tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-258499896042719014.post8431583018450175032..comments2024-03-26T05:22:38.867-04:00Comments on Historic Alleys: The Sha-mi-ti mysteryMaddyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18163804773843409980noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-258499896042719014.post-53164084192723095662011-09-19T12:50:07.762-04:002011-09-19T12:50:07.762-04:00Thnaks CHF..
To this, I have to add some but first...Thnaks CHF..<br />To this, I have to add some but first a reminder of the chaliya community<br />http://historicalleys.blogspot.com/2010/02/calico-and-its-origins.html<br /><br />Then to clarify that the transliterated word from Chinese looks like this Ch'e-li. Now if you go back to the Ma Huan writing about Calicut he says, western ocean cloth, namely the Ch'e-li cloth in this country Maddyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18163804773843409980noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-258499896042719014.post-46563212866309558682011-09-18T12:02:38.312-04:002011-09-18T12:02:38.312-04:00Thank you, Maddy for this exciting post.The entire...Thank you, Maddy for this exciting post.The entire hypothesis hinges on the identity of Cheli. Even if it is admitted that it was a neighbouring kingdom, it would be far-fetched to identify it with Vettathnad. We may need much more evidence to reach such a conclusion.<br />There was a seminar in Beijing recently on 'Calicut and China' which I was privileged to attend. Chinese scholars Calicut Heritage Forumhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14760552324718923006noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-258499896042719014.post-57627607067504412612011-09-18T10:33:09.433-04:002011-09-18T10:33:09.433-04:00thanks PNS..thanks PNS..Maddyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18163804773843409980noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-258499896042719014.post-27464326770814970852011-09-18T10:33:01.465-04:002011-09-18T10:33:01.465-04:00Thanks Thoufeek..
there is much more behind each o...Thanks Thoufeek..<br />there is much more behind each of these stories, questions raise more questions...and the quest for answers goes on...Maddyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18163804773843409980noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-258499896042719014.post-50573497163892362942011-09-10T01:42:29.892-04:002011-09-10T01:42:29.892-04:00Very informative.Very informative.P.N. Subramanianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01420464521174227821noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-258499896042719014.post-67092465430253216082011-09-07T10:05:02.515-04:002011-09-07T10:05:02.515-04:00I do agree your point
"The excellent article...I do agree your point <br />"The excellent article by Roderich Ptak would have reached a complete and proper conclusion if he had access to more Malabar history books, but then again, Malabar history is neither well understood and recorded by indigenous people living then, nor are the relations with foreign traders well documented."<br />Terrain knowledge does matter here, same like Thoufeek Zakriyahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13957357219415958248noreply@blogger.com