History of India, c. 150 A.D. to 350 A.D.: Naga–Vakataka Imperial Period c24.28

c24.28

The Vāyu Purāṇa gives a full description of Simhapura, a capital in Further India, evidently in Malaya. It notes the fact of islets of very small dimensions and mentions their groups (anudvīpas) as attached to bigger islands. Its detailed knowledge of the islands proves the intimate connexion of the Insulindia with Samudra Gupta's India, which is borne out by his own inscription and the inscriptions noted above.