Ancient Indian Colonies in the Far East (Vol. I: Champa; Vol. II: Suvarnadvipa) v2.c13.s2.t2.58
Ancient Indian Colonies in the Far East (Vol. I: Champā; Vol. II: Suvarṇadvīpa) v2.c13.s2.t2.58
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v2.c13.s2.t2.58
The Arab statement that Zābag was the borderland between India and China might induce us to include within it Laos and the vaguely defined hilly country on its north which was actually known as Java or Sava.⁴ In this vague extended sense, Ḍavāka, used in Samudragupta’s inscription, may be regarded as the origin of the forms Jāvaka or Arabian Zābag.⁵