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M. Fournereau next proceeds to locate these six
Indian colonies. If we are to believe the annals of
Luang-Phrabang, which is published by Pavie, Yavana
Desa was situated on the north of the peninsula com-
prising the regions of Me-Khong with CudhUma-
nagai I as capital.
The Campa Desa or the country of the Chams
lay on the south-east, comprising the side of Hue to
the sea. Its capital was Campapttra. It is identified
with the modern province of Annam.
The Kambuja Desa comprised the whole of
Camboja or Cambodia and the kingdom of Thai's up
to the Malay side with the Gull of Siam as limit. It
grew up as one of the most powerful and flourishing
kingdoms of the Peninsula.
In the north-west was Syama desa or the country
of Siam, occupying part of the actual Siam up to
Salouen which separates Ramanya Desa. One of
the important cities of this colony was Haripunyapura
( Laraphum ). Towards the west, Syama desa seems
to extend up to Manipura and the country of Assam.
The Burmans called the people of Siam, Shans, and
the Annamites called them Xums.
Ramanya Desa contained the actual Pegu and
part of Burma. Lastly, in the south was Malaya
Desa occupying the same position as now.1
With the coming of Indian colonists, they spread
over the whole of the Malay peninsula. It is difficult
1. Le Siam Ancien—L. Fournereau, I, pp. 50-52.