For nearly two thousand years, the town of Kodungallur in Kerala has witnessed the rise and fall of global history from the shores of the Indian Ocean. In our first-ever Malayalam documentary, brought to you on Onam, the Malayalam New Year, Connected Histories explores Kodungallur's long-forgotten past. From the fleets of the Romans and the poetry of the Sangam period; through the evolution of states and kingship in medieval Kerala; to the conflicts of Kochi and Kozhikode and the interventions of the Chinese and Portuguese all the way to the present day — this is a history of Kerala and the world as you've never seen it before.

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CREDITS:
Script: Nithin Varma, Anirudh Kanisetti, Arjunan Ullas
VO: Nithin Varma
Maps: Arjunan Ullas
Illustrations: Keshav Rajendran, Anirudh Kanisetti
Animation, Edit, Sound Design: Keshav Rajendran
Original Music: Aditya Mohanan
Subtitles Copy-Edit: Ashwitha Jayakumar
Malayalam Title Design: Nitheesh Mannava