Ancient Indian Colonies in the Far East (Vol. I: Champa; Vol. II: Suvarnadvipa) v2.c13.s2.t2.71

v2.c13.s2.t2.71

The discussion of the identity of Zābag cannot be closed without a reference to the Chinese data. It is now generally accepted that the kingdom referred to as San-fo-tsi in the Chinese documents from tenth to fourteenth century A.D. is the same as Zābaj or Zābag. But there are two implications in this theory which, in my opinion, have been tacitly accepted, without sufficient evidence. These are : (1) that San-fo-tsi, Che-li-fo-che, Zābag, and Sribuza are all equivalent to Śrī-Vijaya ; and (2) that all these are to be identified with modern Palembang.