 In ancient South Indian Pallava Dynasty inscriptions of the 7th century AD, the Maldives were called "Dvipa Laksham ( a hundred thousand islands ) . Hiuen-Tsang, a Buddhist monk who travelled in India for religious studies in the years 629 to 645 AD, was the first Chinese writer to mention the Maldives.
<fluency>  In ancient South Indian Pallava Dynasty inscriptions of the 7th century AD, the Maldives were called "Dvipa Laksham ( a hundred thousand islands ) . Hiuen-Tsang, a Buddhist monk who travelled in India for religious studies in the years 629 to 645 AD, was the first Chinese writer to mention the Maldives.
 In ancient South Indian Pallava Dynasty inscriptions of the 7th century AD, the Maldives were called Dvipa Laksham ' a hundred thousand islands ) . Hiuen-Tsang, a Buddhist monk who travelled in India for religious studies in the years 629 to 645 AD, was the first Chinese writer to mention the Maldives.