The epoch making discovery of South West monsoon by Hippalus, the ……………..pilot in 45 AD facilitated the direct see voyage from the Persian gulf to Kerala.

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Hippalus was a Greek (Hellenistic) pilot and navigator who is credited with the discovery of the direct route from the Red Sea to India using the monsoon winds, around 45 AD. However, the options do not include "Greek" or "Hellenistic," and among the given choices, "Egyptian" is the closest, considering that Egypt was a significant part of the Hellenistic world after the conquests of Alexander the Great and the establishment of the Ptolemaic dynasty.

The Epoch Making Discovery of South West Monsoon by Hippalus