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3 Sir J. E. Tennent ( Ceylon , i , 542 ) says that Cosmas got inis accounts of Ceylon from Sopatrus whom he met at Adule , and Lassen ascribes all Cosinas says of India to the same authority ( ii , 773 ) .
3 Sir J. E. Tennent ( Ceylon , i , 542 ) says that Cosmas got inis accounts of Ceylon from Sopatrus whom he met at Adule , and Lassen ascribes all Cosinas says of India to the same authority ( ii , 773 ) .
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Ceylon was famed for its figures of Buddha , and these often were sent as presents to the Chinese court . The first embassy from Ceylon arrived in 4054 , having come apparently overland , as it was ten years upon the road .
Ceylon was famed for its figures of Buddha , and these often were sent as presents to the Chinese court . The first embassy from Ceylon arrived in 4054 , having come apparently overland , as it was ten years upon the road .
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In 1411 the Emperor set the prisoners free , but deposed the misdemeanant king , and appointed another of the party in his place , who was sent back to Ceylon accompanied by a Chinese commissioner to invest him as a royal vassal of the ...
In 1411 the Emperor set the prisoners free , but deposed the misdemeanant king , and appointed another of the party in his place , who was sent back to Ceylon accompanied by a Chinese commissioner to invest him as a royal vassal of the ...
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Contents
Dedication and Preface | 1 |
late and then in the forms Thin Thinas Sinas | 8 |
the indication of the Chinese empire from the landward Inferior | 13 |
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| Title | Works, Volume 38 |
| Author | Hakluyt Society |
| Publisher | Kraus Reprint, 1967 |
| Original from | Pennsylvania State University |
| Digitized | 22 Aug 2009 |
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