Written by Pooja Pillai |Updated: October 4, 2019 3:30:06 am
Such a Long Journey
A book by the Indian ambassador in the Netherlands highlights the historical and current exchanges that define the relationship between the two countries
XParade of the Sons of Shah Jahan on Composite Horses and Elephants, Willem Schellinks, late 17th century © Victoria and Albert Museum, London
The first book in which Malayalam appears in print is the Hortus Malabaricus (Garden of Malabar), a 12 volume treatise, written in Latin and published in Amsterdam from 1678 to1693. Compiled over a period of 30 years, under directions from Hendrik van Rheede, a naturalist and colonial administrator, who was at the time the governor of Dutch Malabar, the Hortus Malabaricus gives a comprehensive account of the flora of the Malabar region, along with their properties and detailed sketches. Malayalam appears in this multilingual book, along with other languages that were common currency at the time, including Arabic and Konkani.
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