Why did the Black Death bypass India, could other areas have avouded it?

Contemporary European sources treat India as if it had been devastated by the plague, but contemporary Indian sources reveal nothing of the sort and make no mention of any kind of plague.

I don't know anything about the trade situation between the Indian subcontinent and the neighboring areas (such as the Middle East, which is estimated to have lost a third of its population during the plague) during the 14th century, but how did it manage to avoid the plague?

Could certain areas in or near Europe (Northwest Africa, Britain, Scandinavia) have avoided the plague with luck or precaution?

AFAIK, some areas of Europe managed to avoid the plague IOTL, namely Poland and much of inland Eastern Europe, in addition to several Italian cities which adopted quarantine measures and isolated sections of the Pyrenees. It would also be nice to know why Poland, etc. largely managed to avoid the plague.


Looking forward to responses!
 
The Black death traveled along a northern portion of the Silk Road, from Mongolia to go along Xinjiang and Central Asia, into Persia, circumventing India in its entirety along both sea and land routes. That's the main reason it never entered India until much later.

For a visualization, look below

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As you can see, the trading routes between Mongolia and Europe lay north of India.
 
The Black death traveled along a northern portion of the Silk Road, from Mongolia to go along Xinjiang and Central Asia, into Persia, circumventing India in its entirety along both sea and land routes. That's the main reason it never entered India until much later.

For a visualization, look below

main-qimg-3e6aeaaee138d904beac131c8160c792-c


As you can see, the trading routes between Mongolia and Europe lay north of India.

Just realized I had you blocked for some reason! Any idea how long? I must have meant to hit the follow button but missed. Apologies!
 
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