CHAP. III.CHAP. IV.CEYLON AS KNOWN TO THE CHINESE.
- Early Chinese trade with Ceylon [607]
- Early Chinese travellers in India [607]
- Chinese translations of M.S. Julien [608]
- List of Chinese authors relating to Ceylon (note)
[608]
- Their errors as to its form and site [609]
- Their account of Adam's Peak and its gems [609]
- Chinese names for Ceylon [610]
- Curious habit of its traders [611]
- They describe the two races, Tamils and Singhalese [611]
- Origin of the cotton "Comboy" [612]
- Costume of Ceylon [612]
- Early commerce [613]
- Works for irrigation noticed [613]
- Island of Junk-Ceylon [614]
- Galle resorted to by Chinese ships [614]
- Vegetable productions [614]
- Elephants, ivory, and jewels [615]
- Skill of Singhalese goldsmiths and statuaries [615]
- Pearls and gems sent to China [615]
- No mention of cinnamon [616]
- Chinese account of Buddhism in Ceylon [616]
- Monasteries for priests first founded in Ceylon [616]
- Cities of Ceylon in the sixth century [617]
- Patriotism of Singhalese kings [617]
- Domestic manners of the Singhalese [617]
- Embassies from China to Ceylon [618]
- Chinese travels prior to the sixth century [619]
- Fa Hian's travels in sixth century [620]
- First embassy from Ceylon to China, A.D. 405 [620]
- Narrative of the image which it bore (note) [620]
- Ceylon tributary to China in sixth century [620]
- Hiouen-Thsang describes Ceylon in the seventh century
(note) [621]
- Events in the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries [621]
- King of Ceylon carried captive to China, A.D. 1405 [623]
- Last embassy to China, A.D. 1459 [625]
- Traces of the Chinese in Ceylon [626]
- Evidences of their presence found by the Portuguese [626]
- Modern Chinese account of Ceylon (note) [626]