Srivijaya 2.0 (5): Michael Vickery and the Cambodian Chronicles
Chinese sources (the Ming shilu) record that in the late fourteenth century there was some kind of conflict between a place called Sanfoqi and Java, and that for some reason…
Srivijaya 2.0 (4): The Sanfoqi Murder Mystery and its Repercussions
In 1377, the kingdom of Sanfoqi sent an envoy to the Ming court to request an official seal for the Sanfoqi monarch. The Ming Hongwu Emperor obliged, and sent an…
Srivijaya 2.0 (3): Sayonara Cambodia! Sanfoqi is Moving to Sumatra!!
In the previous post, we saw that in various Chinese texts dating from the Song to the Ming periods, there was a kingdom called Sanfoqi that was located in the…
Srivijaya 2.0 (2): Where was Sanfoqi?
Sanfoqi is the Chinese name of an historical kingdom that scholars believe once existed on the island of Sumatra and was called “Srivijaya.”I disagree. I am 100,000% convinced that Sanfoqi…
Srivijaya 2.0 (1): A New Series
Several months ago, I spent a couple of weeks quickly researching and writing about "Srivijaya." That is the name of a purported kingdom that was based at Palembang on the…