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EASTERNCOASTof SUMATRA. 



Kan-da-li. 



History ot' the Liang dynasty (502—556). Book 54. 



The country of Kandali (*) is situated on an island in the southern sea ; 

 its customs and manners are about the same as those of Cambodja and Siam. 

 It produces fiowered cloth, cotton ( 2 ) and areca-nuts, these last being of 

 excellent quality and better than those of any other country. 



In the reign of the emperor Hsiau-wu of the Sun g dynasty (454 — 464), 

 the king of this country , Sa-pa-la-na4in-da ( 3 ) , sent a high official of the 

 name Ta-ru-da ( 4 ) , to present valuable articles of gold and silver. 



In the year 502 the king Gu-dha-su-po-dada ( 5 ) dreamt on the Sth 

 day of the 4th month that he saw a Buddhist priest who saicl to him : 

 //China has now a holy ruler and after ten years more the law of Buddha 

 //will greatly increase; if you send messengers to carry tribute and show 

 //your reverence , your country will be prosperous and happy , and the foreign 

 //merchants will visit it in numbers increased a hundred fold. If you do not 

 //believe what Isay, your country will not enjoy peace." The king, atfirst, 

 could not believe this, but some time afterwards he again saw the priest in 

 a dream, saying to him: //As you do not believe me, I must bring you 

 //there and make you see the Emperor." He then went to China in his 

 dream and had an audience from the emperor. When he awoke he was 

 greatly astonished, and as he was a skilful painter, he made a picture of 

 the emperor's face as he had seen it in his dream, adorning it with various 

 colours. He then sent an envoy, accompanied by a painter, to carry a 



(') -^p Kjfo ^k\\ may also be read Kandari or K'andori. We cannot identify this name, 



which soon disappears again, but the Chinese, who ma\ know these thiugs by uninterrupted tradition, 

 all agrce in saying that this is the Palembang of modern linies. Iu Valentijn's f/Oud en ^icnw 

 Oost-Indien" it is said that Sumatra was fonnerly called Andalus. 



O tïj ^ ki-pa, somethnes, perhaps ciToucously , written "g" ^ ku-pa, is the tran- 

 scription of the native word tbr cotton, which is now in Malay hapas or kapeh. At llial linie the 

 Chinese themselves had no cotton yet. 



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