With Zheng He's many stops in India, this Chinese art form may have influenced the development of the equally elaborate Kathakali drama there.

Author: Michael Yamashita

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Photo size: 17.3 Mpixels (49.6 MB uncompressed) - 3400x5100 pixels (11.3x17 in / 28.8x43.2 cm at 300 ppi)

Photo keywords: 126-127, Beijing, China, costumes, drama, Opera, page, page 126, Silk Road, theater, Zheng He book