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The peninsula east of India is stated, on the basis of ancient inscriptions of an early date, to have included six regions, states or kingdoms: (1) Yavana-deśa, in the north-east, with its capital Chudhā-nagarī, now Luang Phrabang, on the Me-kong; (2) Champā-deśa, corresponding to Annam and extending to about 160 miles westwards of the Me-kong; (3) Śyāma-deśa, in the north-west, including Burma proper and the northern part of modern Siam east of the Salwin, of which Haripuṇyapura, now Lamphun on the Me-ping, was probably the capital; (4) Kambhoja-deśa included all Cambodia, Lower Cochin China, and Siam as far as Uttaradih; (5) Ramaṇya-deśa, on the west, comprised Pegu and Tenasserim; and (6) Malaya-deśa, the Malay Peninsula.¹ 'The *Nagarakṛitāgama* and the *Pararaton* supply a list of the countries which belonged to the Majapahit kings, comprising all the islands between Java and New Guinea, including Borneo, Celebes, Buton, Buru, Ceram (Ambon), Banda, Banggai, Moluccas, Talaut, then the petty islets between Borneo and Malaya Peninsula, including Kedah, Kelang, Singapore, Penang, Kelantan, etc.'¹