A History of Agriculture in India v2.c53.s1.1

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Muhammad, the founder of Islam, was born in Mecca in A.D. 570 and died in A.D. 632. This was the period when Harsha ruled over India; China was under the Tang Dynasty; Chosroes II ruled over Persia; and Heraclius was the Emperor of the Eastern Roman Empire. Mecca, with a population of about twenty thousand, was a pilgrimage centre, and Kaaba, a small square temple of black stone, was the chief attraction for the pilgrims. A meteorite, regarded as a god, was its corner-stone, and all other minor tribal gods were under its protection.