Near the end of the Chin dynasty (265--420) the Buddhist monk Fa Hsien passed through the Straits of Malacca on his return from a pilgrimage to India, reaching Java and the Malay Peninsula.
晉朝末年僧侶法顯至印度取經，取海路經過麻六甲海峽歸國，最南曾抵爪哇和馬來半島。