The Architecture of Srivijaya and Malayu

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Review on Chihara 's The Architecture of Srivijaya and Malayu

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Review on Chihara 's The Architecture of Srivijaya and Malayu

Indianization would seem to predate Islam in the islands of Indonesia Early evidences , such as the remains of Hindu-Buddhist temples , and smaller ones equivalent to the present-day chapel , known as stupa dating as far back as the pre-Islamic era of the 9th century A .D , have been unearthed and studied by scholars from both

the Western and Eastern schools of thought . Diagoro Chihara mentions in his book two major ancient kingdoms in the said era , as being dominant figures in the world of ancient Buddhism-Hinduism , and whose recent discoveries through excavations have proven India 's strong influence with the succeeding Islamic religion and culture that later ruled the region they are the Srivijaya and Malayu (Chihara , 1996 ,

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Srivijaya and Malayu

Discoveries made through excavations in the 19th and 20th centuries have established that as early as 850 AD , as was seen in an inscription found at Nalanda , Srivijaya was gifted by Balaputra , a Sumatran king of the era , of a monastery temple for the religious followers from Java The succeeding discovery of another inscription bearing the date 1005 AD , known as the Larger Leyden Plate , and which also bore the writings of the said giving of monastery , further solidifies the notion that Srivijaya 's king as being related to the dynasty of the Sailendras...