“Gujarati Clothes are Held in Great Value”: The Demand for Indian Textiles in Southeast Asia, c.1400

We often rely on maps to help students visualize the flow of goods around Afroeurasia. Due to the tropical conditions in much of Southeast Asia and the tendency of cotton textiles to deteriorate over centuries, we rarely have physical examples of the trade connections that existed before the arrival of Europeans. However, we occasionally get lucky!

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