Foreign notices of South India : from Megasthenes to Mahuan

This is a source-book of Early South Indian History. PREFACE BIBLIOGRAPHY CONTENTS INTRODUCTION I MEGASTHENES II KANCI AND CHINA IN THE SECOND CENTURY B.C. III STRABO IV PLINY V THE PERIPLUS OF THE ERYTHRAEAN SEA VI AELIAN VII 400 A.D. MARCIAN OF HERACLEA VIII FA-HEIN (401-10 A.D.) IX GUNAVARMAN: 367-431 A.D. X A SOUTH INDIAN EMBASSY TO CHINA C. 510 A.D. XI A MIRROR FROM WESTERN INDIA XII COSMAS XIII C. 550-600 A.D. (MA TWAIN LIN) XIV YUAN CHWANG-KINGDOMS OF THE DECCAN XV I-TSING XVI 692-720 A.D. EMBASSIES FROM SOUTH INDIA TO CHINA XVII C. 750 A.D.- KANSHIN ON BRAHMIN TEMPLES AND MERCHANTS IN CANTON XVIII 844-8 A.D. IBN-KHURDADBEH XIX TWO ARAB WRITERS XX C. 1030 A.D. ALBERUNI XXI A MON INSCRIPTION FROM PROME OF THE REIGN OF KYANZITTHA (1084-1112 A.D.). CONVERSION OF COLA PRINCE XXII C. 1170 A.D. BENJAMIN OF TUDELA XXIII C. 1225 A.D. CHAU JU-KUA XXIV 1279-92 A.D. EMBASSIES BETWEEN CHINA AND SOUTH INDIA XXV C. 1293 A.D. - MARCO POLO XXVI C. 1292-3 A.D. JOHN OF MONTECORVINO XXVII C. 1321-2 A.D. FRIAR ODORIC XXVIII 1323-1330 A.D. FRIAR JORDANUS XXIX ABULFEDA- b. 1273 A.D. d. 26TH OCT. 1331 A.D. XXX 1333-45 A.D. IBN BATTUTA XXXI 1347 A.D. JOHN DE MARIGNOLLI XXXII 1330-1349 A.D. WANG TA-YUAN XXXIII 1436 A.D. FEI HSIN XXXIV 1451 A.D. MA HUAN APPENDIX I NAVIGATION TOWARDS THE END OF THE FIFTEENTH CENTURY APPENDIX II THE ROLE OF GUJARATIS APPENDIX III INDIAN MERCHANTS AND MERCHANDISE IN MALAKA(16TH CENTURY) APPENDIX IV ADDENDA INDEX