Ancient Indian Colonies in the Far East (Vol. I: Champa; Vol. II: Suvarnadvipa) v2.c13.s2.t2.100

v2.c13.s2.t2.100

Unfortunately, none of these identifications is beyond question. Ferrand has challenged the identification of Yavadvīpa of Rāmāyaṇa with Java, and whether one agrees with him or not, it is difficult to ignore altogether the arguments of considerable weight which he has brought forward in support of his thesis that Yavadvīpa denotes Sumatra and not Java.² But we shall see presently that Yavabhūmi is perhaps to be taken in a different sense altogether.