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is to say, of the rountries bordering on the river 

 Kiapili, or Ganges, sent ambassadors to China. He 

 was a follower of Budd'ha, and his Hindu name 

 was probably Yajn'a. 



In the year 473, the kinsf of the country of PoH 

 sent also embassadors to China. The kingdom of 

 Poll is that of Alagad'ha ; for Alagadlia, and Pali, 

 or Bali, are considered as synonymous, by the peo- 

 ple of Ceylon, Siain, and the Burmahs. 



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In the year 641, the Indian king of the coun- 

 tries, belonging now to the Great Mogul, and in- 

 cluded in the Mokiato or Magad'ha Emjjire, says 

 Deguignes, sent embassadors to China. The fol- 

 lowing year, the Emperor of China sent embassadors 

 to him. His name was Houlomien, Pulima'v or 

 LoMA, and he was greatly surprised at it. There 

 the Chinese learned, tiiat the Hindus called their 

 country Moho-chintan, for Maha-china-sfhdn : in the 

 Peninsula this word is pronounced Macachina. 



In the year 647, the Emperor of Mokiato, or Ma- 

 gad' ha sent again embassadors to China, as well as 

 the king of Nipolou or Nepal. In the following 

 year, Taitsong sent an embassy to the king of 

 Mokiio, or Magad'ha. In the njean time, Houlo- 

 MiEX died, and the whole country was thrown into 

 confusion : he was a great warrior, and reduced all 

 India, in the year 621, under his yoke. The name 

 of his family was Kiei.itie'; which, for a long time, 

 liad been in possession of the throne. Puloia'n 

 was the last of the kings of the royal family of 

 AND'tiRA. This family is considered, in Ifidia, as a 

 spurious branch ; which circumstance is fully im- 

 plied, by the appellation of Caulat'eya in Sanscrit, 

 or the ofll'spring of the unfaithful woman, and from 

 Caulat'eya is probably derived the Kielitie' of the 

 Chinese. There is a Dynasty of Caulaf eyas h^re\y 

 mentioned by the Paiiranics ; and they are, pro- 



