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FOOD OF INDIA

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Indian cuisine Jump to navigation Jump to sear Historical incidents such as foreign invasions, trade relations, and colonialism have played a role in introducing certain foods to this country. For instance,  potato , a staple of the diet in some regions of India, was brought to India by the  Portuguese , who also introduced  chillies  and  breadfruit . Indian cuisine has shaped the history of  international relations ; the  spice trade  between India and  Europe  was the primary catalyst for Europe's  Age of Discovery . Spices were bought from India and traded around Europe and Asia Indian cuisine has influenced other cuisines across the world, especially those from  Europe , the  Middle East ,  North Africa ,  sub-Saharan Africa ,  Southeast Asia , the  British Isles ,  Fiji , and the  Caribbean . Indian cuisine  consists of a wide variety of regional and...
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Komodo dragon

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The  Komodo dragon  ( Varanus komodoensis ), also known as the  Komodo monitor , is a large species of  lizard  found in the  Indonesian islands of  Komodo ,  Rinca ,  Flores ,  Gili Motang , and Padar.  A member of the  monitor lizard  family  Varanidae , it is the largest living species of lizard, growing to a maximum length of 3 metres (10 ft) in rare cases and weighing up to approximately 70 kilograms (150 lb). Their unusually large size has been attributed to  island gigantism , since no other carnivorous animals fill the  niche  on the islands where they live. However, recent research suggests the large size of Komodo dragons may be better understood as representative of a  relict population of very large  varanid  lizards that once lived across Indonesia and Australia, most of which, along with other  megafauna , died out after the  Pleistocene ...
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