 By the middle of the 5th century, a polity suggestive as ancient Pahang, was described in the "Book of Song" as "Pohuang" or "Panhuang" (婆皇).The king of Pohuang, "She-li- Po-luo-ba-mo" ('Sri Bhadravarman') was recorded to have sent an envoy to the Liu Song court in 449–450.In 456–457, another envoy of the same country arrived at the Chinese capital, Jiankang.