La-ni

Original Name: 
Chinese Name: 
剌泥
Notes: 

A maritime polity recorded in connection with the eunuch-led voyages to the Indian Ocean at the beginning of the 15th century. Mills (1970; 202) identifies it with Lar, Central Gujerat in western India.

For information on further Chinese sources relating to this polity, see Chen, Xie and Lu (1986; 573).

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