"Its water is dark and dirty. Its fruit is bitter and poisonous. Its land is stony and its earth is salt. A small army will soon be annihilated there, and a large one will soon die of hunger."
— India

January 1, 1970

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The Chachnama. Hakim's report about Hind and Sindh to Caliph Uthman who thought about invading North-western India. As quoted in Naipaul, V.S. - Among the Believers (Vintage, 1982)