An ambassador from this government is described on the Galle Trilingual Inscription as making offerings at Adams Peak.
An ambassador from this government is described on the Galle Trilingual Inscription as making offerings at Adams Peak. Seven Grand Directors and ten Junior Directors oversaw an expedition sponsored by this goverment, which was recounted in Description of the Starry Raft. This government deposed Alakeshvara after its envoys sailed to the Kotte Kingdom, and its sailors killed a group of 5000 pirates at Palembang. This dynasty's court received a single giraffe from Malindi under the (*) Yongle emperor, who scuttled its ships after sending a Muslim eunuch on seven "treasure fleet" voyages around the Indian Ocean. For 10 points, name this Chinese dynasty, under which Zheng He got exotic foreign goods by trading away porcelain in the 1400s.
An ambassador from this government is described on the Galle Trilingual Inscription as making offerings at Adams Peak.
Ming dynasty [accept Yongle emperor until \"Yongle\" is read; prompt on \"China\" or \"Zhongguo\"]