1850.] 



of Continental India, fyc. 



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cared about India, no more than about China ; perhaps less, as the 

 latter in a commercial point of view came more in his way. Hence 

 all coincidences, though slight, are void of suspicion in so far as he is 

 concerned. 



At page 2, we find mention of the Rajah of Langkat ; of Sri Sul- 

 tan Ahmet; and of the Rajah of Salengore. On the word Rajah, 

 I need make no remark. Sri is pure Sanscrit always prefixed to 

 names of kings. The termination to Salengore is Indian, corrupt- 

 ly spelt, as Chittore, Vellore, Bangalore, &c. ; but, correctly spelt 

 ur, it is a native name for a town. The names I have quoted may 

 he rendered, 'little-town, field-town, gold-town.' At p. 9 we meet 

 with Kota-jawa, ' little Java,' or ' Fort Java,' which of the two de- 

 pends on native orthography. Raja-Graka also occurs, and at p. 26 

 Raja-Graha is identified with " head warrior." A man may have 

 borne that name ; but it means ' king's house' or 4 palace.' At p. 

 28 Anderson states, " At this place are the remains of a large em- 

 " bankment or fortification, which was occupied by a colony of Ja- 

 " vanese many centuries ago, and hence it retains the name of Kcta- 

 c: jawa to this day." It seemed to have been surrounded by a wide 

 ditch, and the whole bore the appearance of a regular fortification. 

 Evidence of intercourse with Java results : when does not appear ; 

 nor yet whether intercourse with India came that way, or direct. 

 At p. 74 mention occurs of Raj a Wan Chendra Dewi, wife of a digni- 

 tary at Langkat : Chendra Dewi or 4 moon- goddess,' needs no ampli- 

 fication. At p. 86 Dolo, the Batta chief, has the prefix of Rajah ; and 

 is said to live at Kota Silaturgian. Of turgian I can give no expla- 

 nation ; but it is regularly compounded with Sila, a stone or rock 

 (Hebrew as well as Sanscrit) and Kota as before stated means ' Fort.' 

 Mr. Anderson states that the Raja has 800 ryots under him, and 

 mentions another Raja who is chief of 2,000 ryots. Whether the 

 word ryot is indigenous, or used conventionally by Mr. A. cannot be 

 determined. At p. 100 Raja Bindalara and Deo Sudan occur. 

 These terms are Indian, though we may take a caution as to ortho- 

 graphy from p. 105, where Badar udin saw occurs for Bahader u'din 

 shah. At p. 114 we meet with Sri Maha Raja Lela, unequivocally 

 Indian ; although I will not be positive whether the latter is Hindus- 

 tani, or lila, 4 sport, play.' In a following page we find Datu Pa- 

 kam raja, Datu Sabidiji Wangsa, (Vamsa) Datu Maha-rajah Lela. 



