History of India, c. 150 A.D. to 350 A.D.: Naga–Vakataka Imperial Period c24.26
History of India, c. 150 A.D. to 350 A.D.: Nāga–Vākāṭaka Imperial Period c24.26
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Champā was probably the earliest colony, it being a key to the Chinese trade and the point from which the islands of Java and Borneo were easily accessible. The great naval activity and attainment in navigation by the Hindus in the Far Eastern Seas are attested by the Champā history in Chinese, by FaHien, and Champā inscriptions which mention her naval wars. The trade of the Far East seems to have been in the possession and control of Andhra, Kalinga, and Bengal (from where the Mahānāvika, the great sea-captain, Buddhagupta [from Raktam-rūtikā, Rakta-māṭi in Bengal] marked an inscription in Malay before 400 A.D.)¹