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True Valor
A contract survives for a single cargo out of Kerala. The ship was called the Hermapollon, and the load was worth a fortune.
There was a port on the Kerala coast called Muziris. It stood on the river Periyar, near where Kodungallur is now.
Ships came to it from Egypt, riding the monsoon.
The rest of this story, read aloud, and a new one every day.