Ancient Indian Colonies in the Far East (Vol. I: Champa; Vol. II: Suvarnadvipa) v2.c11.38
Ancient Indian Colonies in the Far East (Vol. I: Champā; Vol. II: Suvarṇadvīpa) v2.c11.38
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The author had special facilities for obtaining information on the subjects treated by him from the foreign sailors and traders who frequented his port. Though he has relied on Ling-wai-tai-ta for several sections of his work, those dealing with San-fo-tsi and its subordinate states (which alone are mainly used in this book) seem to be based exclusively on the information gathered by him from Chinese and foreign traders¹.