8 A TRANSLATION OF THE KEDDAH ANNALS. 
was making for the Island of Lankapurj, ( h ) Girda espied 
his ships, and perceived also that Marong Mahawangsa was 
not come up, so he attacked them with redoubled fury, and 
sunk the whole ] the men who were drowned far exceeded in 
number those who were saved alive. Fortunately the Prince 
of Rum got hold of a plank and floated to Lankapuri, In 
the mean while, Marong Mahawangsa’s ship arrived at the 
spot of the shipwreck, and picked up the survivors who 
were floating about. 
Marong Mahawangsa was excessively grieved at the loss 
of the Prince; especially as he felt himself responsible for it 
to the Sultan of Rum. But after a vain search, he sailed in 
his vessel, the only remaining one, to the eastward. 
Keeping along this coast of the continent, Marong Maha¬ 
wangsa arrived at a bay and a point of land. He inquired 
of an old Malim (Captain) who was in his ship e£ if he knew 
the locality,” who said, “ the large island we have reached 
is now becoming attached to the main land, and its name 
is Pulo Srai (or Sri) my lord. That small island 
which your highness sees is named Pulo JuTYibul) and 
that other, more in shore, is Pulo LacfdP On hearing this, 
Mahawangsa expressed himself satisfied and added, if such 
he the case let us anchor. The vessel was then moored in 
the east of the bay near to or at the point of land, on the 
main shore j that is, the land more extensive than that 
large island. 
Raja Marong Mahawangsa then went on shore, attended 
by his chiefs and followers. ( i) 
cable’s length—-the water being deep to their base. The appellation of Tappan 
to the sea at Salang is I suspect quite obselete, as I have not found any one 
wbo could explain it. 
(/() Lankapuri is the antient name of the cluster of Islands now called by 
the natives Lfink£wfiri, and laid down in our maps as the “ Lancavy Islands.” 
Here we have in the first appellative one of the names applied to Ceylon—and 
■which was doubtless also given to the Lancavies by the Hindus, during tbeir 
royages to the Eastward, if not by Mabkwdngsfi himself. These are bold Is¬ 
lands, formed of and flanked by towering masses of limestone. I could find but 
few tracts of level ground upon these Islands. They are dependencies ol the 
Siamese Government of Keddah. 
But Langkapura was the name of Ceylon and also of its capital. Ceylon was 
also termed Lanka Dwipea ('). Plolemy called it Saiice, Bnd some ancient 
authors named it Simundei. There was a Lankapuri likewise lying somewhere 
betwixt Palembang and Jambi in Sumatra. 
( l ) Forbes’ Ceylon p ; 7. 
(*) We have now reached the termination of the voyage. From the question 
put to the Milim and his reply, it is evident that the Chronicler knew, or 
supposed, that the place with whose localities the Mfilim seemed familiar, had 
been before visited by him—and therefore that it was not a new port, or at 
least that coasting or other vessels used to touch there for some purpose or 
