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Jnatadharmakatha Suryaprajnapti (Jaina text) written down in Vallabhi after 980 under the guidance of Devardhigani Ksamasrama.
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Taken from: The Poona Orientalist: A Quarterly Journal Devoted to Oriental Studies
vol XX 1955
A party of merchants once reached an island named Kaliyadvipa after braving a storm in the sea. They found there the mines of gold, silver diamonds and other jewels, striped horses and aromatic substances. They loaded their ships with these goods and sailed back to their port. On hearing of the wealth of that island the king also sent an official mission there.
Cited in Moticandra, Sarithavaha pp171-172
Monticandra suggests the identification of Kaliyadvipa with zanjibar mainly on the ground that striped horses or zebras are said to have been found there.