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''[[Yijing (monk)|Yijing]]'', a Chinese Buddhist monk who visited Srivijaya and stayed for 6 months in 671, 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 Yijing's report was later linked to the king mentioned in the oldest Srivijayan inscription (dated 682 CE), the [[Kedukan Bukit inscription]] discovered in [[Palembang]].<ref>{{cite book |last=Casparis |first=J.G.|author-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><ref name="Cœdès">{{cite journal|last=Cœdès|first=George|author-link=George Cœdès|title=Le Royaume de Çriwijaya|journal =Bulletin de l'École Française d'Extrême-Orient|year=1918|volume=18|issue=6|pages=1–36}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal|last=Cœdès|first=George|author-link=George Cœdès|title=Les inscriptions malaises de Çrivijaya|journal =Bulletin de l'École Française d'Extrême-Orient (BEFEO) |year=1930|volume=30|pages=29–80}}</ref> However, later historians discount the interpretation of the inscriptions as being connected to the account by Yijing.<ref>{{cite book |last=Muljana|first=Slamet|author-link=Slamet Muljana|title= Sriwijaya|editor= F.W. Stapel|publisher=PT. LKiS Pelangi Aksara|year=2006 |isbn=978-979-8451-62-1 }}</ref><ref name="Soekmono2">{{cite book |last=Soekmono|first=R.|author-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'' who performed a ''Siddhayatra'' (sacred journey) by the boat. He departed from Minanga Tamwan accompanied with 20,000 soldiers heading to Matajap and conquering several areas. Other inscriptions tell of the Siddhayatra journey and Srivijayan conquests on 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
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