Which places did Ibn Battuta visit before sailing to China from Sumatra?

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Engraving of Ibn Battuta in Egypt, standing on a decorated stone block with another man, overlooking ancient Egyptian columns and palm trees in the background. — Ibn Battuta Ibn Baṭṭūṭah (right) with an Egyptian man in Egypt.

Before sailing to China from Sumatra, Ibn Battuta visited several regions following his departure from Delhi. After leaving Delhi, he traveled through the Malabar Coast of southwestern India, where he was shipwrecked near Kozhikode.

He subsequently spent nearly two years in the Maldive Islands, where he served as a qadi and became involved in local politics. Following his time in the Maldives, he visited Sri Lanka and Adam’s Peak. After experiencing another shipwreck on the Coromandel Coast of southeastern India, he participated in a war led by his brother-in-law, returned briefly to the Maldives, and then traveled to Bengal and Assam before finally sailing for Sumatra.1