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I wonder how the Mediterranean people go there? That seems stranger than the manner of death.

Actually not. Even if it was a lot rarer for people in the past to travel long distances, it is not that it just never happened. There were Indian people in classical Greece, at least one commander of Roman Britain was from North Africa, and traders always moved all over the place.

Also the early 1800s was an era of extensive European exploration and colonial interest in the region. By that time Britain dominated India and Russia was contending with them for Afghanistan in the 'Great Game'.

It's really not surprising to find people from the eastern Mediterranean anywhere in Asia over the last thousand years. We know there was a Nestorian Christian community in China in the 13th Century and several of them had diplomatic roles under the Khanate.

See below, but that whole article is worth reading. Did you know there was an official Catholic Archbishop of Beijing in the 14th Century?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Europeans_in_Medieval_China#Di...

Imagine the legend of "hidden Greek kingdom" in Pamir is true

Thank you for mentioning that fascinating tidbit of history [1]. The linked article badly needs formatting, but the content is interesting nonetheless.

[1] http://www.ekathimerini.com/16146/article/ekathimerini/news/...

There was an extensive pre-Roman commerce between the Mediterranian and at least the Indian subcontinent, if not China.

And Rome traded directly with China. Each empire was aware of the other. See Kyle Harper's The Fate of Rome for numerous consequences of this (particularly of disease and epidemiology).

Agree

No it's not.

Actually during time of first emperor in Asia, we've proof of European DNA present at the sites were terracotta army was made.

Secondly, if you go to north India - you find plenty of people with European features (mostly Greek features to be specific)

People knew about India and if they did come to India, it would have been impossible to not hear about Himalayas.

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