Dharmasraya, is the capital of the 11th century

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polity known as

Melayu Kingdom The Melayu Kingdom (also known as Malayu, Dharmasraya Kingdom or the Jambi Kingdom; , reconstructed Middle Chinese pronunciation ''mat-la-yu kwok'')Muljana, Slamet , (2006), ''Sriwijaya'', Yogyakarta: LKIS, . was a classical Buddhist kingdom l ...

, based on the

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river system in modern-day

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and Jambi, on the island of

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.J.L.A. Brandes, 1902, ''Nāgarakrětāgama; Lofdicht van Prapanjtja op koning Radjasanagara, Hajam Wuruk, van Madjapahit, naar het eenige daarvan bekende handschrift, aangetroffen in de puri te Tjakranagara op Lombok'' The kingdom itself could be identified by the name of its capital Dharmasraya or by the name Bhumi Malayu or Suvarnnabhumi according to

Padang Roco Inscription The Padang Roco Inscription, in Indonesian Prasasti Padang Roco, is an inscription dated 1286 CE, discovered near the source of Batanghari river, Padangroco temple complex, Nagari Siguntur, Sitiung, Dharmasraya Regency, West Sumatra, Indonesia. E ...

Formation

After the invasion by

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the king of the

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from Koromandel, authority of

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dynasty over the islands of Sumatera and the Malay Peninsula weakened. Some time later came a new dynasty that took over the role of Sailendra Dynasty, called by the name of

Mauli dynasty Mauli was a dynasty of kings that ruled the ''Melayu Kingdom, Bhumi Malayu'' or Dharmasraya kingdom, centered in the Batanghari river system (today Jambi and West Sumatra provinces, Sumatra), from the 11th century to the 14th century.Muljana, Sl ...

.Muljana, Slamet (2006), ''Sriwijaya'', Yogyakarta: LKiS, . The Dharmasraya can be considered as the successor of Srivijaya. The oldest inscription bearing the name of Maharaja Mauli is the

Grahi inscription Grahi inscription is an inscription found in Chaiya, southern Thailand, written in Old Khmer language with Old Sumatran script, and dated to 1183 CE. This inscription is written on the pedestal of a bronze Buddha statue, that is stored at Wat Hua Wi ...

dated 1183 discovered in

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(

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) Malay Peninsula, Southern Thailand. The inscription bears the order of Maharaja Srimat Trailokyaraja Maulibhusana Warmadewa to the ''bhupati'' (regent) of Grahi named Mahasenapati Galanai to make a statue of Buddha weight 1 ''bhara'' 2 ''tula'' with the value of 10 gold ''tamlin''. The artist name that responsible to create the statue is Mraten Sri Nano. The second inscription from Mauli dynasty appear approximately a hundred years later in 1286. The inscription in which the name

Dharmasraya Dharmasraya, is the capital of the 11th century Buddhist polity known as Melayu Kingdom, based on the Batanghari river system in modern-day West Sumatra and Jambi, on the island of Sumatra, Indonesia.J.L.A. Brandes, 1902, ''Nāgarakrětāgam ...

and the name of king is Srimat Tribhuwanaraja Mauli Warmadewa appears dates from the 13th century, namely the

Padang Roco inscription The Padang Roco Inscription, in Indonesian Prasasti Padang Roco, is an inscription dated 1286 CE, discovered near the source of Batanghari river, Padangroco temple complex, Nagari Siguntur, Sitiung, Dharmasraya Regency, West Sumatra, Indonesia. E ...

discovered around the headwaters of

river (now Dharmasraya Regency in West Sumatera), dated 1286.

List of rulers

The Maharajas of Dharmasraya:

References

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Formation

List of rulers

See also

References