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d to about 150 A.D. represent a shipwreck. Ships were depicted in the paintings of Ajanta and also occur on the coins of the Andhra King Yajnasri (_c_. 200 A.D.) and in the sculptures of Boroboedoer. The Digha Nikaya (XI. 85) speaks of sea-going ships which when lost let loose a land sighting bird. Much information is collected in Radhakumud Mookerji's _History of Indian Shipping_, 1912.] [Footnote 248: Voyages are still regularly made in dhows between the west coast of India and Zanzibar or Mombasa and the trade appears to be old.] [Footnote 249: See Jataka 339 for the voyage to Baveru or Babylon. Jatakas 360 and 442 mention voyages to Suvannabhumi or Lower Burma from Bharukaccha and from Benares down the river. The Milinda Panha (VI. 21) alludes to traffic with China by sea.] [Footnote 250: Ram. iv. 40, 30.] [Footnote 251: Pelliot, _Founan_, p. 254. The Western and Eastern Tsin reigned from 265 to 419 A.D.] [Footnote 252: Pelliot, _Founan_, p. 254. Most of the references to Chinese annals are taken from this valuable paper.] [Footnote 253: The inscription of Mi-son relates how Kaundinya planted at Bharapura (? in Camboja) a javelin given to him by Asvatthaman.] [Footnote 254: This is the modern reading of the characters in Peking, but Julien's _Methode_ justifies the transcription Kau-di-nya.] [Footnote 255: See S. Levi in _Melanges Charles de Harlez_, p. 176. Deux peuples meconnus. i. Les Murundas.] [Footnote 256: _Nanjio Catalogue_, p. 422.] [Footnote 257: I-Tsing, trans. Takakusu, p. 12.] [Footnote 258: _Corpus_, I. p. 65.] [Footnote 259: _Corpus_, I. pp. 84, 89, 90, and _Jour. Asiatique_, 1882, p. 152.] [Footnote 260: When visiting Badami, Pattadkal and Aihole in 1912 I noted the following resemblances between the temples of that district and those of Camboja. (_a_) The chief figures are Harihara, Vamana and Nrisimha. At Pattadkal, as at Angkor Wat, the reliefs on the temple wall represent the Churning of the Sea and scenes from the Ramayana. (_b_) Large blocks of stone were used for building and after being put in their positions were carved _in situ_, as is shown by unfinished work in places. (_c_) Medallions containing faces are frequent. (_d_) The architectural scheme is not as in Dravidian temples, that is to say larger outside and becoming smaller as one proceeds towards the interior. There is generally a central tower attached to a hall. (_e_) The temples are often raised on a
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