Kingdom of Sriwijaya

Sriwijaya is the ancient Malay kingdom on the island of Sumatra that have a lot of islands in the archipelago. Preliminary evidence about the existence of the kingdom come from this century-7, a Chinese pastor, I-Tsing, wrote that he visited Sriwijaya 671 years for 6 months. Inscription on the first Sriwijaya also be at the century-7, namely Bukit Prasasti Kedukan in Palembang, Sumatra, in the year 683. Kingdom began this fall in the year 1200 and 1300 due to various factors, including the expansion of the kingdom of Majapahit. In Sanskrit, sri means "luminous" and the victory means "victory".

Here are some of the history associated with the Sriwijaya:
Speak Sanskrit or Tamil
- Prasasti Ligor in Thailand
- Prasasti Cantonese in Cantonese
- Prasasti Siwagraha
- Prasasti Nalanda in India
- Charter Leiden in India
- Prasasti Tanjor
- Charter Grahi
- Padang Prasasti Roco
- Prasasti Sri Lanka

Chinese news sources
- Chronicles from the Tang Dynasty
- Chronicles Sung Dynasty
- Chronicles Ming Dynasty
- I Travel chronicles Tsing
- Chronicles Chu-fan-chi by Chau Ju-KUA
- Chronicles by Lio Tao Chih Wang Yan Ta
- Chronicles Ling-wai Tai-ta by Chou Ku Fei
- Chronicles Ying-Yai Sheng-lan by Ma huan

Ancient inscription in Malay
- Prasasti Kedukan Hill on 16 June 682 BC in Palembang
- Talang Prasasti tuo dated 23 March 684 BC in Palembang
- Prasasti Telaga Batu 7-th century BC in Palembang
- Prasasti Palas Pasemah century BC-7 in South Lampung
- Prasasti Coral Brahi century BC to the 7-in Jambi
- City Prasasti Lime on February 28 in 686 BC P. Bangka
- Prasasti Sojomerto century BC to the 7-in Batang regency, Central Java

Golden period
After the disruption of trade occurred in Cantonese between 820 - 850, Jambi government declares itself as the independent kingdom by sending envoys to China in the year 853 and 871. Independence coincided with the Jambi dirampasnya throne Sriwijaya in Java with diusirnya king Balaputradewa. In the year 902, the new king to send tribute to China. Two years later, the last king of dynasty Tang envoy to confer the title of Sriwijaya.

In the first half-century to 10, between the fall of Tang Dynasty Song Dynasty and the rise, trade with foreign enough popularity, especially Fujian, the kingdom of Min and the country's rich Guangdong, the kingdom of Nan Han. Sriwijaya no doubt benefit from this trade. In the year 903, Muslim author Ibn Batutah very impressed with the prosperity Sriwijaya. Urban areas include the kingdom of Palembang (especially Hill Seguntang), Muara Jambi and Kedah.

Decrease
Year 1025, rajendra Chola, Chola king of Koromandel, southern India conquered Kedah from Sriwijaya and menguasainya. Chola kingdom penaklukannya forward and attack for 20 years overlooks Sriwijaya empire. Although the Chola invasion is not entirely successful, but the invasion has weakened the hegemony Sriwijaya terlepasnya the result of some form with the kingdom itself, like Kediri, a kingdom based on agriculture.

King who ruled
• Jayanasa (inscription Kedukan Hill, 683, and tuo Talang inscription, 684)
• Indravarman (China source, 704-716, 724)
• Rudra vikraman or Lieou-t'eng-kong-Wei (Chinese source, 728)
• Dharmasetu (inscription Ligor, 775)
• Sangramadhananjaya or Vishnu (Arabic text, 790)
Samaratunga • (792)
• Maharaja (Arabic source, 851)
• Balaputra (Nalanda inscription, 860)
• Sri Uda Haridana or cri Udayadityavarman (Chinese source, 960)
• Sri Wuja or cri Udayadityan (Chinese source, 962)
• Hia-Tche (Chinese source, 980)
• Culamani varmadevan (source China, 988, 1003; or Tanjore inscription inscription Leiden, 1044)
• Maravijaya tungan or Maraviyayatungavarman (source China, 1008; inscription Leiden, 1044)
• Sumatrabhumi (source China, 1017)
• Sri Sangrama vijayatungan or cri Sangarama vijayatungavarman (Chola inscription, 1025)
• Sri Deva (of China, 1028)
• Dharmaviran
• Sri Maharaja (of China, 1156)
• Trailorajan (source China, 1178)
• Maulibhusana Varmadevan (bronze Buddha Chaiya, 1183)