Photos: SRIWIJAYA

From (1) Situs Kedukan Bukit

SRIVIJAYA or Sriwijaya was an ancient Malay kingdom on the island of Sumatra, Southeast Asia which influenced much of the Malay Archipelago. The earliest solid proof of its existence dates from the 7th century; a Chinese monk, I-Tsing, wrote that he visited Srivijaya in 671 for 6 months. The first inscription in which the name Srivijaya appears also dates from the 7th century, namely the Kedukan Bukit Inscription around Palembang in Sumatra, dated 683. The kingdom ceased to exist between 1200 and 1300. In Sanskrit, sri means "shining" or "radiant" and vijaya means "victory" or "excellence".

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After Srivijaya fell, it was largely forgotten and so historians had never considered that a large united kingdom could have been present in Southeast Asia. The existence of Srivijaya was only formally suspected in 1918 when French historian George Coedès of the École française d'Extrême-Orient postulated the existence of the empire Around 1992 and 1993, Pierre-Yves Manguin proved that the centre of Srivijaya was along the Musi River between Bukit Seguntang and Sabokingking (situated in what is now the province of South Sumatra, Indonesia).

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Prasasti Sriwijaya
Situs Bukit Siguntang
Situs Kedukan Bukit
Situs Boom Baru
Situs Mayor Ruslan
Situs Perahu Padang Kapas
Situs Sarangwati
Situs Talang Tuo
Peta Sriwijaya

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Wikipedia
Melay Kingdom of Srivijaya
Review of Srivijaya resources on the internet
Review of the origin of Melayu dialectic based on Srivijayan Inscriptions
Timeline of Indonesia from prehestoy to present
Surat Thani Province, Thailand
Chaiya National Museum
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Wikipedia
Kerajaan Sriwijaya di Melayu Online

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