Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography/Balonga

​BALONGA (Βαλόγγα: Pahang) the chief city of the "Pirates' country" (Ληστῶν χώρα), on the Sinus Magnus, on the E. coast of the peninsula of India extra Gangem. (Ptol. vii. 2. § 7; he also places a Βαλόγκα in the Aurea Chersonesus, vii. 2. § 25.) [ P. S. ]

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