NOTES. Wiv! 
4. Three Chinese Coins from Polonnaruwa.—Intercommunication 
between the people of Lanka and the Chinese seems to have been 
maintained over a long space of time. Apart from the accounts 
given by Fa Hien and Huen Tsiang in the 5th and 7th centuries 
A.D. of their pilgrimages, and the mention in the Rajavaliya of a 
Chinese invasion of Lanka in the 14th century, there is sufficient 
evidence of commerce in the “ Finds” made by the Archeological 
Survey. Scraps of porcelain and china, undoubtedly Chinese, 
have been found at Anuradhapura; and a Chinese bowl, unfortu- 
nately broken into fragments, was unearthed at Sigiriya. 
The latest addition to our knowledge on this point is the interes- 
ting note supplied by Mr. R. F. Johnston of the Hong Kong Civil 
Service. 
The coins described below were excavated by the Archzological 
Survey near the Thuparama at Polonnaruwa. 
March 7, 1907. JOHN STILL. 
Note referred to. 
N 
AS. 1. ‘“ Hsien P’ing.”—First Reign Title of the Emperor 
g we _ - 
6 Chén Tsung, @ az, who reigned 998 to 1022 a.p. The 
words ‘‘ Hsien P’ing ”’ denote that the coin belonged to the years 
between 998 and 1004 a.p. The Emperor in question was the Third 
2 
Sovereign of the Sung dynasty, PA C 
— 
Jo 2. ‘* Yiian Feng.”—Second Reign Title of the Emperor 
EY Shén Tsung, mp = who reigned from 1068 to 1085 
J A.D. The words ‘‘ Yiian Féng ” show that the coin belongs 
to the period between 1078 and 1085. This Emperor was the 
—= 
Seventh Sovereign of the Sung dynasty, Par 
ras) | 3. ““Ch’ung Ning.”—Third Reign Title of the Emperor 
= 
‘ A 
7 te Hui Tsung, {4X who reigned from 1101 to 1125 a.p. 
ee ) The words “ Ch’ung Ning” show that the coin belongs to 
the period between 1102 and 1107. This Emperor was the Ninth 
Sovereign of the Sung dynasty, PS, eC 
