Calicut

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古里
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A polity on the west coast of the South Asian subcontinent. For Ma Huan's account of Calicut, see Mills (1970; 137-46). Ptak (1989) provides a wide-ranging survey of references to Calicut during the early Ming period. For information on further Chinese sources relating to this polity, see Chen, Xie and Lu (1986; 244).

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