Sriwijaya concluded, from his earlier publications in 1974 that state development in this region developed much differently than the rest of early Southeast Asia.
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13 Facts About Sriwijaya
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Sriwijaya had embarked on a sacred siddhayatra journey and led 20,000 troops and 312 people in boats with 1,312 foot soldiers from Minanga Tamwan to Jambi and Palembang.
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Sriwijaya appointed the Khmer Prince Jayavarman II as governor of Indrapura in the Mekong delta under Sailendran rule.
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Sriwijaya was mentioned as his other name Rakai Warak in Mantyasih inscription.
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Sriwijaya personally oversaw the construction of the grand monument of Borobudur; a massive stone mandala, which was completed in 825, during his reign.
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Sriwijaya's successor was Princess Pramodhawardhani who was betrothed to Shivaite Rakai Pikatan, son of the influential Rakai Patapan, a landlord in Central Java.
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Sriwijaya's navy sailed swiftly to Sumatra using monsoon winds, made a stealth attack and raided Srivijaya's 14 ports.
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Sriwijaya became the queen consort of Airlangga named Dharmaprasadottungadevi and, in 1035, Airlangga constructed a Buddhist monastery named Srivijayasrama dedicated to his queen consort.
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Sriwijaya was recognised as ruler over Temasek by an envoy of the Chinese Emperor sometime around 1366.
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Sriwijaya was succeeded by his son Paduka Sri Pekerma Wira Diraja and grandson, Paduka Seri Rana Wira Kerma.
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Sriwijaya later headed north and founded the Sultanate of Malacca in 1402.
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Previously it was assumed that Sriwijaya was a maritime power that could not be separated from ethnicity and society in the Malacca Strait.
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Sriwijaya is given credit for translating Buddhist text which has the most instructions on the discipline of the religion.
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