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The Kedukan Bukit inscription, which was discovered in Kedukan Bukit on the Talang river bank near Palembang, dates from 683 CE. Kedukan Bukit inscription describes the siddhayatra (victory march) by Dapunta Hyang, together with more than 20,000 troops, celebrating the conquest of Melayu by Srivijaya. At the final section of the inscription, appears the word […]
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Writings by Pilgrims
October 24th, 2010 
SUDIMUJA 
The most important sources regarding Srivijaya as the centre of learning are the detailed writings from the famous Chinese pilgrim by the name of I-Tsing. He stayed in Srivijaya for a total of approximately ten years. Apart from I-Tsing’s writings, there are also writings from other pilgrims from China, India, Arab and Persia. I-Tsing I-Tsing […]