How is it Possible that the “Srivijaya Myth” Could Last So Long?
I am well aware that many people are going to respond with immediate disbelief to the idea of the article that I am about to publish that there was no…
What Does “Post-Srivijaya” Southeast Asian History Look Like?
I have recently written a long 2-part article that demonstrates that there was never a kingdom called “Srivijaya.” The first part will be published in a few days. Much of…
There Was No Srivijaya. I Am 100 Billion % Sure of That.
[Update: As I've researched this further, I've changed my mind a little bit. I still am 1 billion % sure that the "Srivjaya" that has been talked about in academic…
Take a Look at These Images and Ask Yourself. . .
The Google Ngram Viewer shows how many times certain terms appear in digitized printed texts.The image below shows what we see when we input the terms “Srivijiya” and “Sri Vijaya”…
Srivijaya 2.0 (14): If Coedès was This Bad when it Came to Srivijaya. . .
George Cœdès (1886-1969) was a French scholar of the Southeast Asian past who published prolifically, and through his writings, has exerted an enormous influence on the writing of premodern Southeast…
Srivijaya 2.0 (13): The Ryukyu Letter to Siam that Proves Sanfoqi = Kambuja
On 8 October 1431, the king of Chuzan 中山, one of the principalities that made up the Kingdom of Ryukyu on the island of Okinawa, sent a letter to the…
The Female Deity Worshipped by the Kings of Angkor
Did you know that Angkorian kings used to regularly travel to the lower Mekong region to worship a female deity?No, you didn’t know that. I know you didn’t.But don’t feel…
Premodern Southeast Asian Imperialism, Decolonizing Historical Knowledge, and the Liberal Bias in Western Historical Scholarship
In researching about “Srivijaya” recently, I have been reading about Southeast Asian history in the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries and I’ve come to realize something that I had not thought…
Srivijaya 2.0 (12): The Lost Multinational History of the Saigon – Vũng Tàu Coast?
Over the past few months, I have been demonstrating that information in Chinese sources that has been used for the past century to write about the history of an imagined…
Deconstructing Srivijaya is Easy!
How can it be possible to deconstruct/debunk 100 years of scholarship in a couple weeks/months?In 2021, it's actually pretty easy, and this video explains why that is the case.For more,…