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When were the islands of Lakshadweep first mentioned in written history?

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Lakshadweep Beach on Bangaram Island, Lakshadweep.

The islands of Lakshadweep were first mentioned in written history by a Greek sailor in the 1st century CE, who identified them as a source of tortoise shell.1