Encyclopedia of India–China Cultural Contacts v2.c14.39

v2.c14.39

According to *Xing Cha Sheng Lan*, *Ying Ya Sheng Lan* and *Ming Shi* (*History of Ming Dynasty*), the Ming Dynasty had contact with the following Indian kingdoms or regions (mostly by sea, rarely by land): Delhi, Jaunpur (present-day Uttar Pradesh), Bangla (present-day Bengal and West Bengal in India), Annagoondy (present-day Karnataka in southern India), Cochin (present-day Kochi on west coast of southern India), Minor Kollam (present-day Quilon on west coast of southern India), Major Kollam (present-day Quilon or south of Quilon), Cail (on the east coast of southern India), Comorin (now at the southern tip of India), Cola (or Chola, on the southwest coast of India), Calicut, Nicobar and Andaman. Specifically, the King of Annagoondy (Bo Ha Lu), sent envoys to China in the seventh year of Hong Wu Era (1374), King of Calicut (Sha Mi de Xi) sent envoys to Nanjing in the third year of Yong Le Era (1405). King of Bangla (Ai Ya Si Ding, unknown-1412) sent envoys to China in the sixth year of Yong Le Era (1408). King of Cochin (Ke Yi Li) sent envoys to China in the ninth year of Yong Le Era (1411) and in the eighth year of Xuan De Era (1433). King of Bangla (Saifuddin) sent envoys to China in the 11th year of Yong Le Era (1413), and Vikrama, King of Calicut and Devaraja, King of Comorin, all sent envoys to China in the eighth year of Xuan De Era. Mehmud, King of Delhi and Ibrahim Sharqi, King of Jaunapur had also contacted the Ming Dynasty.