Ptolemy's Geographical Records of Eastern Asia was written around the 1" or 2nd Century and followed by recoud of Pomponius Mela. In these records, Chryse (Golden Land or Golden Island) was mentioned in crossreference to Suvanaphum(Golden or Golden Island) in the Mahavamsa which was written around the 5th Century A.D. (although its contents involve events which took place as early as the 3rd at Century B.C