Ancient Indian Colonies in the Far East (Vol. I: Champa; Vol. II: Suvarnadvipa) v2.c13.s2.t2.46
Ancient Indian Colonies in the Far East (Vol. I: Champā; Vol. II: Suvarṇadvīpa) v2.c13.s2.t2.46
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v2.c13.s2.t2.46
We arrive at the same conclusion by a general study of the geographical conception of the Arabs. The early Arab writers refer to a country called Rahma, and, from the details given, there remains no doubt that by that term they meant Pegu, as is indeed admitted by Ferrand¹. Now Ibn al-Fakih says: "In India there is a kingdom called Rahma which is situated on the sea-coast. Next to this is the country of Djāwaga whose king is called Mahārāja. There is nobody behind him for he is in the last of the islands²."