Melayu Kingdom
Melayu Kingdom | |||||||||||||
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| before 671–692 1028–1347 | |||||||||||||
Map of early Malay polities locating the Melayu Kingdom next to Jambi | |||||||||||||
| Capital | Minanga Dharmasraya Pagaruyung | ||||||||||||
| Common languages | Old Malay, Sanskrit | ||||||||||||
| Religion | Buddhism, Hinduism | ||||||||||||
| Government | Monarchy | ||||||||||||
| Maharaja | |||||||||||||
• 1183 | Trailokyaraja | ||||||||||||
• 1286 – 1316 | Tribhuwanaraja | ||||||||||||
• 1316 – 1347 | Akarendrawarman | ||||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||||
• Earliest mention | 671 | ||||||||||||
| 692 | |||||||||||||
• Independence restored | 1028 | ||||||||||||
• Affiliated with Majapahit | 1347 | ||||||||||||
| Currency | Gold and silver coins | ||||||||||||
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The Melayu Kingdom (also known as Malayu, Dharmasraya Kingdom or the Jambi Kingdom; Chinese: 末羅瑜國; pinyin: Mòluóyú Guó, reconstructed Middle Chinese pronunciation mat-la-yu kwok) was a classical Buddhist kingdom located in what is now the Indonesian province of West Sumatra and Jambi.
The primary sources for much of the information on the kingdom are the New History of the Tang, and the memoirs of the Chinese Buddhist monk Yijing who visited in 671. The state was "absorbed" by Srivijaya by 692, but had "broken away" by the end of the 12th century according to Zhao Rukuo. The exact location of the kingdom is the subject of study among historians. One theory is that the kingdom was established around present-day Jambi on Sumatra, Indonesia, approximately 300 km north of Palembang. According to this theory, it was founded by ethnic groups in the Batanghari river area and gold traders from the Minangkabau hinterland of Pagarruyung.