Sri Jayanasa of Srivijaya: Difference between revisions

According to ''[[Yijing (monk)|I TsingYijing]]'', a Chinese Buddhist monk thatwho visited Srivijaya in 671 and stayed there for 6 months in 671, he was impressed by the generosity, kindness, and hospitality demonstrated by the king of Srivijaya.<ref>{{cite book |last=Takakusu|first=Junjiro|title=A record of the Buddhist Religion as Practised in India and the Malay Archipelago AD 671-695, by I-tsing|year=1896|location=London|publisher=Oxford}}</ref> The king mentioned in I TsingYijing's report was later linked to the king mentioned in the oldest Srivijayan inscription, also from 7th century, (dated 682 CE), the [[Kedukan Bukit inscription]] discovered in [[Palembang]],.<ref>{{cite book |last=Casparis |first=J.G.|authorlinkauthor-link=Johannes Gijsbertus de Casparis|title=Indonesian palaeography: a history of writing in Indonesia from the beginnings to C. A, Part 1500 |year=1975 |publisher=E. J. Brill |isbn=90-04-04172-9 }}</ref> and thought to be referring to the same person.<ref name="Cœdès">{{cite journal|last=Cœdès|first=George|authorlinkauthor-link=George Cœdès|title=Le Royaume de Çriwijaya|journal =Bulletin de l'EcoleÉcole françaisFrançaise d'Extrême-Orient|year=1918|volume=18|issue=6|pages=1–36}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal|last=Cœdès|first=George|authorlinkauthor-link=George Cœdès|title=Les inscriptions malaises de Çrivijaya|journal =Bulletin de l'EcoleÉcole françaisFrançaise d'Extrême-Orient (BEFEO) |year=1930|volume=30|issue=|pages=29–80}}</ref> AlthoughHowever, later historians had disapprove ondiscount the interpretation of thisthe inscriptions as being connected to the account by Yijing.<ref>{{cite book |last=Muljana|first=Slamet|authorlinkauthor-link=Slamet Muljana|title= Sriwijaya|editor= F.W. Stapel|publisher=PT. LKiS Pelangi Aksara|year=2006 |location= |pages=|isbn=978-979-8451-62-1 }}</ref><ref name="Soekmono2">{{cite book |last=Soekmono|first=R.|authorlinkauthor-link=Soekmono |title=Pengantar sejarah kebudayaan Indonesia 2|year=2002 |publisher=Kanisius |isbn=979-413-290-X }}</ref><ref name="Poeponegoeo">Marwati Djoened Poesponegoro, Nugroho Notosusanto, (1992), ''Sejarah nasional Indonesia: Jaman kuna'', PT Balai Pustaka, {{ISBN |979-407-408-X}}</ref>

The [[Kedukan Bukit inscription]] dated 605 saka (683 CE),<ref name=Coedes>{{cite book|last= Coedès|first= George|author-link= George Coedès|editor= Walter F. Vella|others= trans.Susan Brown Cowing|title= The Indianized States of Southeast Asia|year= 1968|publisher= University of Hawaii Press|isbn= 978-0-8248-0368-1}}</ref>{{rp|82–83}} mentioned a king titled ''Dapunta Hyang'' thatwho performingperformed a ''Siddhayatra'' (sacred journey) by the boat. He departed from Minanga Tamwan accompanied withby 20.,000 soldiers heading to Matajap and conquering several areas. Other inscriptions also tell of the Siddhayatra journey and Srivijayan conquests on itsof surrounding areas, such as [[Kota Kapur inscription|Kota Kapur]] discovered in [[Bangka Island|Bangka]] island (686 CE), [[Karang Brahi inscription|Karang Brahi]] discovered in [[Jambi]] Hulu (686 CE) and [[Palas Pasemah inscription|Palas Pasemah]] discovered in southern [[Lampung]], all mentions the same event. From all of these inscriptions, it was concluded that ''Dapunta Hyang'' established the Srivijayan empire after defeating his enemies in Jambi, Palembang, Southern Lampung, and [[Bangka island]],<ref>{{Cite book|title=Form, Macht, Differenz : Motive und Felder ethnologischen Forschens|pages=254–255|authorauthor1=Elfriede Hermann, |author2=Karin Klenke, |author3=Michael Dickhardt |isbn=978-3-940344-80-9|year= 2009|publisher=Universitätsverlag Göttingen}}</ref> and he even went further to launcheslaunch a military campaign against Bhumi Java that probably contributed to the decline of the [[Tarumanagara]] kingdom in West Java.

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