Ancient Indian Colonization in South-East Asia c8.69

c8.69

As in later days, the perilous voyages of pioneers paid rich dividends to their successors, more and more traders were attracted by the lure of the gold, silver and spices for which the region was famous, and physical obstacles proved as unavailing to them as to gold-seekers of a later age. That the greed of traders was the chief incentive to these early voyages is abundantly proved by the Sanskrit geographical names in this region such as Suvarṇa-bhūmi, Suvarṇa-dvīpa, Yava-dvīpa, Karpūra-dvīpa, Nārikela-dvīpa.