f4 Chinese Account of India. [Jan. 



tance of three ching*, is the kingdom of Ho-lo-wei ; still further to the 

 west, in twelve days' journey, you reach the kingdom of Kea-lo-na_keu- 

 je (Karana?) and in twelve days' journey more to the west, you come 

 to the kingdom of Mo-lo-wei (Malwa ; in Sanscrit Mdlavit) ; further to 

 the west, twenty days' journey, is the kingdom of Woo-jan-ne (Oujein 

 or, Sanscrit Ujjayani). In another twenty-five days' journey still to the 

 west, you visit the kingdom of Lo-lo ; and forty days' journey further to 

 the west, the kingdom of Soo-lo-to (Surat); in eleven days' journey further 

 to the west, you get to the Western sea. This makes in the whole a six 

 moons' journey from Central Yin-too. When at Southern Yin-too, in 

 ninety days' journey to the west, you arrive at the kingdom of Kung 

 kea-na ; and in one day further to the west, you come to the sea. From 

 Southern Yin-too, in six months' journey to the south, you reach the 

 South Sea (the sea of China). This was what was related by the Indian 

 envoy. 



The eighth year (98-3), a priest of Buddha, master of the lawf, came 

 from India, bringing books. In traversing part of the island of Suma- 

 tra^, he met with the Buddhist priests Me-mo-lo, Che-le-yoo-poo-to ; he 

 charged them (as superior priests ?) with a letter, which he wished to 

 transmit to the kingdom of the Middle, with a great number of trans- 

 lated books. The emperor caused them to come to court to gratify his 

 curiosity. The master of the law of Buddha (fa) again met with some 

 mendicant Buddhists, wearing vestments without sleeves, and valuable 

 head-dresses in the form of serpents§. He returned with them on their 

 journey to India. A letter of recommendation (peaou) was given him, to 

 enable him to traverse the kingdom of Tibet, with letters of credence, 

 delivered by the emperor, to present to the king of the kingdom of San- 

 fuh-tsi or Sumatra. From this remote country he proceeded to the so- 

 vereign (choo) of the kingdom of Go-koo-lo, and that of the kingdom of 

 Sze-ma-kie-mang-ko-lan (the Mongul empire ?), He recommended Tan- 

 lo to the king of the Western Heaven ||, and his son formed the design 

 of sending him, by his means, works on the spirits and genii. 



In the years yung-he (984 to 988), a Buddhist priest of Wei'-chow, 

 named Tsoo-hwan, returning from the western countries of Asia (Se.yu), 

 with another Buddhist priest from a distant country, named MIh-tan_lo, 

 where he had been presented to the king of Northern Yin-too, seated 

 on a throne of diamonds, and named Na-lan-to, brought some books. 

 There was besides a Brahman priest, named Yung-she (' eternal age'), 

 and a Persian infidel (gne-taou), named O-le-yan, who came together 

 to the capital. Yung-she said that his native country was called Le. It 

 was ascertained that the family name of the king of this kingdom was 

 Ya-lo-woo.te ; that his first name wasO-jih-ne-fo; that he wore a yellow 

 dress, and had on his head a cap of gold, adorned with seven precious 

 gems. When he goes out, he mounts an elephant ; he is preceded by 

 couriers, v\ ith musical instruments on their shoulders ; the crowd rush 

 into the temple of Fuh, where he distributes gifts to the poor, and suc- 



* The European Chinese dictionaries do not give the value of this itinerary mea- 

 sure. In the Dictionary of Kang-he, it is stated to be a measure of distance, but no 

 equivalent is stated. 



-f- Sang-fa ; in Sanscrit, Sangha and Dharma (the priest, or religious meeting), 

 and the law. 



X San-ftih-tsi. 



§ "Valuable head-dresses (or caps), in the form of serpents," are, doubtless, 

 the shawls which the modern Muhammadans, as well as the Hindus, wrap round 

 their heads. 



|| Tsan-tan-lo-se-teen-icang. 



