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original capital of Kcdah, near Kedah Peak (Gunong Jerai), on the W. coast of the Malay Penin-
sula. Pelliot, B. E. F. E. 0. IV, 345, 405—408. Gerini, J. R. A. S. 1905. 495, 498. Schlegel,
T'oung-pao, 2* Ser., II, 131 read the name Ling-ga-sze and placed it in Sumatra.
2) Tong is explained iu Chinese Buddhist works as a «Buddhist weighta, •which means
it is an Indian term, here, tola. In the present case it seems to indicate a dry measure; both
Marsden (op. cit. 155) and Crawfurd (op. cit. I, 271) say that among the Malays everything
is estimated by bulk and not by weight. Marsden adds that the use of weights was apparently
introduced among them by foreigners.
10.
10 BERANANG.
(Malay Peninsula).
Fo-Io-an (# m ^)-
The kingdom of Fo-lo-an can be reached from the kingdom of Ling-ya-
ssi-kia in four days; one may also follow the overland road^.
15 To this country there came flying two Buddhas, one with six arms, the
other with four arms. Should ships try to enter the confines (of Fo-lo-an),
they would be driven back by the wind; this is popularly ascribed to the
magic power of (these) Buddhas.
The Buddhist temple (of Fo-lo-an) is covered with bronze tiles and is
20 ornamented with gold. The fifteenth of the sixth moon is kept as the Buddha's
birthday with crowded processions accompanied with music and the beating
of cymbals. The foreign traders take part in them^
The native products comprise the su and clian (varieties of gharu-wood)^
laka-wood, sandal-wood and elephants' tusks. Foreigners barter for them with
25 gold, silver, porcelain, iron, lacquer-ware, samshu, rice, sugar and wheats
It sends yearly tribute to San-fo-ts'i. Its neighbours P'5ng-f6ng, Tong-ya-
nung and Ki-lan-tan are like it.
Notes.
1) Gerini J E A. S. 1905. 498, places Fo-lo-an at Beranang on the Langat river, W.
30 coast of Malay Peninsula; this satisfies the requirements of this and the last paragraphs of our
text Earlier writers, misled' by a wrong reading of the Chinese text, tried to locate this country
in s'lunatra. Schlegel, T'oung-pao, 2^ Ser., II, 134, said it was Puluan in Palembang residency.
The Ling-wai-tai-ta, 2,i2 says of Fo-lo-an: «The chief of Fo-lo-an is appomted from San-
fo-ts'i. The country produces aromatics with which those of the «Lower Coast countries., (i. e.,
35 Java, see Pt. II, Ch. XI) cannot compare in aroma or strength.