[GUEST ACCESS MODE: Data is scrambled or limited to provide examples. Make requests using your API key to unlock full data. Check https://lunarcrush.ai/auth for authentication information.]  Comman Man [@CommanGUY](/creator/twitter/CommanGUY) on x 10.4K followers Created: 2025-07-18 11:49:13 UTC Vasco da Gama did NOT ‘discover’ India in 1498 This colonial lie has survived too long. Time to dismantle it with facts. 1.India was not lost or unknown. For thousands of years, Bharat was known across the ancient world as a land of knowledge, trade, wealth, and civilization. Greek, Roman, Arab, Persian, Chinese, and African records mention India centuries before Europeans even knew how to sail the open seas. 2.India was the center of global trade. •Ports like Lothal (2500 BCE) had dry docks. •Tamil Sangam literature speaks of trade with Rome and Southeast Asia. •Roman gold coins have been found in South India, proving two-way commerce long before 1498. India didn’t need discovery. The world already came to it. 3.Vasco da Gama was guided by Arabs. He was not some genius explorer. He was lost on the East African coast and only reached Calicut because of local knowledge and Arab navigators. Without them, he would’ve gone back empty-handed. 4.India was already flourishing. When da Gama arrived in Calicut, he encountered a cosmopolitan, well-governed, multi-faith trade port with its own rulers, customs, and currency. India had universities when Europe was burning women as witches. Indian mathematics, medicine, astronomy, and literature were already changing the world. 5.What followed wasn’t trade it was terror. Da Gama’s second voyage was a massacre. He burned ships. He slaughtered hundreds of unarmed Muslim pilgrims, including women and children. He bombarded the peaceful city of Calicut. And this was just the beginning of Portugal’s brutal colonization. 6.Europe’s “Age of Discovery” was India’s Age of Exploitation. Using force, Portugal imposed a naval tax (cartaz) on Indian Ocean trade. They looted coastal kingdoms. They destroyed ships that didn’t comply. They introduced violence where once there was open trade and diplomacy. 7.India was the goal, not the mystery. Why were European empires so desperate to find India? Because India was the source of global spice, textile, and gem trade. Indian knowledge and goods were prized in every ancient market from Egypt to Java. Vasco da Gama didn’t discover India. He arrived late and violently. 8.Stop using colonial language. Calling da Gama a discoverer is like calling the British Raj a civilizing mission. It’s false, it’s offensive, and it whitewashes centuries of destruction. History must not be told through the eyes of invaders. 9.India was never discovered. It was plundered. It was betrayed. But it was never lost. Tell the truth. Teach the truth. History doesn’t need decoration. It needs correction. XXXXXX engagements  **Related Topics** [land of](/topic/land-of) [india](/topic/india) [Post Link](https://x.com/CommanGUY/status/1946175423760536053)
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Vasco da Gama did NOT ‘discover’ India in 1498
This colonial lie has survived too long. Time to dismantle it with facts.
1.India was not lost or unknown.
For thousands of years, Bharat was known across the ancient world as a land of knowledge, trade, wealth, and civilization. Greek, Roman, Arab, Persian, Chinese, and African records mention India centuries before Europeans even knew how to sail the open seas.
2.India was the center of global trade.
•Ports like Lothal (2500 BCE) had dry docks. •Tamil Sangam literature speaks of trade with Rome and Southeast Asia. •Roman gold coins have been found in South India, proving two-way commerce long before 1498.
India didn’t need discovery. The world already came to it.
3.Vasco da Gama was guided by Arabs.
He was not some genius explorer. He was lost on the East African coast and only reached Calicut because of local knowledge and Arab navigators. Without them, he would’ve gone back empty-handed.
4.India was already flourishing.
When da Gama arrived in Calicut, he encountered a cosmopolitan, well-governed, multi-faith trade port with its own rulers, customs, and currency. India had universities when Europe was burning women as witches. Indian mathematics, medicine, astronomy, and literature were already changing the world.
5.What followed wasn’t trade it was terror.
Da Gama’s second voyage was a massacre. He burned ships. He slaughtered hundreds of unarmed Muslim pilgrims, including women and children. He bombarded the peaceful city of Calicut. And this was just the beginning of Portugal’s brutal colonization.
6.Europe’s “Age of Discovery” was India’s Age of Exploitation.
Using force, Portugal imposed a naval tax (cartaz) on Indian Ocean trade. They looted coastal kingdoms. They destroyed ships that didn’t comply. They introduced violence where once there was open trade and diplomacy.
7.India was the goal, not the mystery.
Why were European empires so desperate to find India?
Because India was the source of global spice, textile, and gem trade. Indian knowledge and goods were prized in every ancient market from Egypt to Java. Vasco da Gama didn’t discover India. He arrived late and violently.
8.Stop using colonial language.
Calling da Gama a discoverer is like calling the British Raj a civilizing mission. It’s false, it’s offensive, and it whitewashes centuries of destruction. History must not be told through the eyes of invaders.
9.India was never discovered.
It was plundered. It was betrayed. But it was never lost.
Tell the truth. Teach the truth. History doesn’t need decoration. It needs correction.
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