Ancient Indian Colonization in South-East Asia c7.74

c7.74

11a N. K. Sastri (*IHQ*, XIV, 387) refers to the passage of Pelliot. Houangche, the last point of the journey (in the above text), is identified by Ferrand with Kanchi; thus South India had relations with China in 2nd Century B.C. Reference may also be made to the find of a Chinese coin in Mysore whose dates are variously suggested to be 138 B.C., 502 A.D., 886 A.D.; the first appears more probable. Cf. also *Suvarṇadvīpa* 1.70, f.n. 2.