Srivijaya 3.0 (11): Why There were Two “Javas” in the 1200s-1300s
As stated in the previous post, there were two “Javas” in the past in Southeast Asia. These two Javas are referred to in Arabic, Chinese and other sources variously as…
Srivijaya 3.0 (10): The Two “Javas” in Southeast Asia
One issue that has confused historians for over a century is the fact that there is more than one place that was referred to as “Java” (or something close to…
Srivijaya 3.0 (09): Yijing did NOT Visit Jambi/Srivijaya
There was a Chinese Buddhist monk by the name of Yijing 義淨 (635–713) who traveled to India in the second half of the seventh century and stayed there for 11…
Srivijaya 3.0 (08): The Real China-India Maritime Route During the Tang Period
The belief that there was historically a dynamic and important maritime kingdom on the island of Sumatra called “Srivijaya” has created an incalculable number of problems for scholarship on premodern…
Srivijaya 3.0 (07): Jaba/Songkhla in The Crystal Sands
A colleague and friend pointed out to me that I should look at information in a work known as The Crystal Sands: The Chronicles of Nagara Sri Dharrmaraja.This is a…
Srivijaya 3.0 (05): Ok, So There WAS a Srivijaya. . . But It’s Not What You Think. . .
A while ago I made a video where I said something like “no place called Srivijaya ever existed”. . .I kind of knew at the time that I might end…