Ancient Indian Colonies in the Far East (Vol. I: Champa; Vol. II: Suvarnadvipa) v2.c13.s2.t2.16
Ancient Indian Colonies in the Far East (Vol. I: Champā; Vol. II: Suvarṇadvīpa) v2.c13.s2.t2.16
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v2.c13.s2.t2.16
2. Abūlfidā states, on the authority of previous writers, that "the island of Mahārāja is the island of Sribuza", which means that the two refer to the same island. Sribuza, undoubtedly, stands for Śrī-Vijaya. The island of Mahārāja, according to Dimasḳi, is "the mother of the islands belonging to Mahārāja", or, in other words, the capital of the islands forming the domain of Mahārāja. It, therefore, denotes Zābag. We thus get the following equation.