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Which mountain range did Ibn Battuta cross before reaching India?

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Engraving of Ibn Battuta in Egypt, standing on a decorated stone block with another man, overlooking ancient Egyptian columns and palm trees in the background. — Ibn Battuta Ibn Baṭṭūṭah (right) with an Egyptian man in Egypt.

Before reaching the frontiers of India, Ibn Battuta crossed the Hindu Kush mountain range.1