Ancient Indian Colonies in the Far East (Vol. I: Champa; Vol. II: Suvarnadvipa) v2.c13.s2.t2.94

v2.c13.s2.t2.94

I am indebted to Dr. Coedès for an additional argument, which the Chinese sources supply, in favour of locating San-fo-tsi in the Malay Peninsula.² The Chinese Charts of Father Ricci ( beginning of the 17th century) place Kieou-Kiang and San-fo-tsi in the middle of the Peninsula.³ Dr. Coedès, however, observes that the Charts give fantastic localisations for this region; besides their late date takes away much of the weight of their evidence.⁴ But taken in conjuction with the other Chinese evidences quoted above, the Charts constitute, in my opinion, an important evidence.