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Note: The 2002-2003 Executive Committee of the Anavil Samaj
of Canada acknowledges and thanks Mr. Jayendra Desai of
Mississauga, Ontario for this article.
As a general rule, Indian History has not been well recorded. In
instances where it has been recorded, general availability is
poor. A lot of it probably lays hidden in private hands. Foreign
visitors did leave records in their own countries and this has
been one source. Hence, we have to rely on these few written
records and the oral tradition where such history passed on from
one generation to another. Such versions are likely to be
embellished or inaccurate due to exaggerated or faultily
recollection of the history.
My account has been reconstructed from written records of my
father, other articles written in the last three to four hundred
years, the oral tradition and some logical conjectures. I did
not attempt to delve any further back than 1500 AD, as sources
are far from reliable.
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