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Srivijaya (Indonesian: Sriwijaya), [2]: 131 also spelled Sri Vijaya, [3] [4] was a Hindu-Buddhist thalassocratic [5] empire based on the island of Sumatra (in modern-day Indonesia) that influenced much of Southeast Asia. [6] Srivijaya was an important centre for the expansion of Buddhism from the 7th to 11th century AD.
Telaga Batu inscription is a 7th-century Srivijayan inscription discovered in Sabokingking, 3 Ilir, Ilir Timur II, Palembang, South Sumatra, Indonesia, around the 1950s.The inscription is now displayed in the National Museum of Indonesia, Jakarta, with inventory number D.155.
During the early 1950s she joined multiple archaeological expeditions to South Sumatra and Jambi which pioneered research into the Srivijaya state. [1] In late 1955, Suleiman met with French researcher Louis-Charles Damais, who gave her a copy of the French George Cœdès' The Indianized States of Southeast Asia. Suleiman offered Damais a spot ...
Some of their kings were Vajrayana practitioners, such as King Adityawarman (1347–79) whose inscriptions state he was "always concentrated on Hevajra". [11] A feature of Javanese Buddhism was the deification and worship of kings as Buddhas or Bodhisattvas. Important Buddhist deities included Prajnaparamita, Tara, Bhairava and Lokesvara. [12]
The main pavilion in Palembang Limasan traditional architecture in the middle of Nangka island. The pavilion hosts a replica of Kedukan Bukit Inscription.. Srivijaya archaeological park (Indonesian: Taman Purbakala Kerajaan Sriwijaya), formerly known as Karanganyar archaeological site, is the ancient remnants of a garden and habitation area near the northern bank of Musi river within Palembang ...
Sriwijaya University (Indonesian: Universitas Sriwijaya; abbreviated as UNSRI) is a research, teaching and learning center which has contributed significantly in the development and advancement of sciences, technologies, arts and cultures.
In addition, this theory is obsolete because there is no data on the existence of the Shailendra dynasty in Sumatra earlier than the ninth century and Srivijaya was unable to conquer Java. What happened was the opposite — the Shailendra dynasty subdued Srivijaya and its area on the Malay peninsula. [2]: 22–27
Chudamani Vihara was constructed in 1006 CE [1] by the Srivijayan king Sri Vijaya Maravijayattungavarman with the patronage of Rajaraja Chola I. [2] [3] The vihara building survived in dilapidated condition. Since 1856, about 350 Buddha bronzes have been found at Nagapattinam, dating from the 11th to the 16th century. [1]