Ancient Indian Colonization in South-East Asia c7.50
Ancient Indian Colonization in South-East Asia c7.50
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c7.50
The Chinese history of the Liang Dynasty mentions a country called Lang-ya-su situated in Malay Peninsula “which, the people say, was established more than four hundred years ago.” As this king put a high value on Sanskrit, and the Chinese history deals with the first half of the sixth century A.D., we find here an evidence of a Hindu Colony at the beginning of the second century A.D.