It was the demand for spices, especially …………..that brought the Europeans to Kerala, leading to the Da Gama Epoch of Asiatic History.

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• The arrival of Vascoda Gama at …………….near Calicut in May 1498 inaugurated the Da Gama Epoch in the history of Asia.
• The epoch making discovery of South West monsoon by Hippalus, the ……………..pilot in 45 AD facilitated the direct see voyage from the Persian gulf to Kerala.
• ………………., who co-ordinated the works of Elamkulam and brought the first popular history of Kerala as early as 1967.
• The ……………pass (Aruvamozhi), though presently situated outside Kerala is crucial.Early man with his microliths entered Kerala through this gap; this route had been the highway of traffic between Kerala and its eastern neighbours.
• Vasco-da-gama was buried at the St. Francis church, fort………...
• Vascoda Gama was sent by Dom Mannual, the ……………..king on July 8, 1496 at the head of an expedition. He reached Calicut on May 20, 1498 and was well received by the Zamorin and his subjects with traditional hospitality.
• ……………….and Keralamahatmyam are the two legendary works regarding the early history of Kerala.
• ……………in his ‘Natural history’ refers to the ruler of Kerala as Calobotras while Periplus mentions him as Kerabotras.
• Among the early works on Kerala History, the foremost is ‘Thiruvitamkur Charithram’ written by …………..in 1867.
• The work of……………– ‘A History of Travancore’ published in 1878 is the milestone in the growth of Kerala Historiography.