 Genetic analysis and comparison of modern mangoes with Paleocene mango leaf fossils found near Damalgiri, Meghalaya indicate that the center of origin of the mango genus was in peninsular India prior to joining of the Indian and Asian continental plates, some 60 million years ago.The earliest known reference to the cultivation of mangoes can be traced to India up to 2000BCE.Mango was brought to East Asia around 400–500 BCE; was available by the 14th century on the Swahili Coast (according to Ibn Battuta); and was brought in the 15th century to the Philippines and in the 16th century Brazil by Portuguese explorers.