Note 1 — CHAP. III.
Reading edition
: Tsih-foo yuen-kwei, A.D. 1012, b. dcccclxxi. p. 15. At a later period "Western cloth" is mentioned among the exports of Ceylon, but the reference must be to cloth previously imported either from India or Persia.—Ming-she History of the Ming Dynasty, A.D. 1368—1643, b. cccxxvi. p. 7.
2: A model of the shrine containing the sacred tooth was sent to the Emperor of China in the fifth century by the King of Ceylon; "Chacha Mo-ho-nan," a name which appears to coincide with Raja Maha Nama, who reigned A.D. 410—433.—Shunshoo, A.D. 487, b. xlvii. p. 6.
3: Nan-té was a Buddhist priest, who in the year A.D. 456 was sent on an embassy to the Emperor of China, and was made the bearer of three statues of his own making.—Tsĭh-foo yuen-kwei, b. li. p. 7.
4: Wei-shoo, A.D. 590, b. cxiv. p. 9.