100 A TRANSLATION OF THE KEDDAH ANNALS. 
An embassy under the Woo Dynasty passed through Burmah 
and coasted India A D 222 to 280. Chinese travellers found the 
kingdom of the Brahmans to lie in the Punjab A. D. 648. 
A. D. 713 to 742 an ambassador arrived from central India and 
one from northern India. In A. D. 953 priests of Buddha from 
western India reached China, bearing tribute, horses amongst 
other things A Chinese Buddhist priest returned with books 
from India having resided there twelve years. It appears that the 
missioi s to and from China went and came by land. 
Mr Taylor questions the appellation of Chin or Chinas as having 
been bestowed on China, owing to outcasts reaching it from India [ L ] 
Maha Chin, or Shensi seems to have been the proper region of China. 
Chin can be no other than the eastern part of the vallev of Assam. 
| B" C, A.D. 
The Scythians invaded and conquered Affghanis- 200 te 
tan in [ 2 ] .,.. .... .... * • .. 250 
Held possession till ...... .... ...... | 300 
And also of other parts of India till..•• .... | 500 
These Scythians were Buddhists. 
But if the Malayan Annals are to be trusted the Emperors of 
China did not permit a diffeience in religious belief to oppose any 
matrimonial alliance which they had in view for themselves or 
families. 
Sultan Mansursliah the Mahometan Raja or Ruler of Malacca 
had sent a mission to China in return for one despatched to him by 
the Empeior. The latter asked the Malacca Envoys if they could 
persuade the Sultan to pay him a visit, in order that he might 
bestow his daughter Hong Lipo upon him in marriage. As the 
envoys replied that it wonld be impossible for the Sultan to come 
so far, the Emperor sent this Princess with a large retinue to Ma¬ 
lacca. Before the marriage took place the Sultan directed that 
Hong Lipo and all the daughters of the Chinese mantries who 
accompanied her should be converted to Islamism. 
The then Emperor was consequently a pagan. Hence too he 
had at his meals fifteen gantangs [ 3 J of husked rice—one hog and 
a tub of hogs lard [ 4 ] It is probable however that this Princess 
was the daughter of one of his handmaids, and if true at all it 
would evince that women then could leave China , (a) 
The wife of the last Buddhist King of Java in about A. D. 1478 
was a Chinese.[ 5 ] In the same annals it is related that the Raja of 
China sent to Paralembang—[Paralembangan or Palembang] or 
Andalas t ten prahus or vessels with a request that Saugsopurbha 
[the Hindoo Raja of that place in Sumatra] would grant him his 
[i j J, A. S. B, Jany, 1847 p. 27 et Seq. 
pi Lt. Col. Sykes J. R. A S. No. XU. 
[*] A gantang is nearly equal to li gallon, 
p] Mai. An. by Leyden p. 17. 
pj Crawfurd'i Archipelago vol. 3d. 
(a) Vide J<$r t Ind, Arch, v. 2, p, 
