Cebu (historical polity)

Cebu, also called Sugbu, informally referred to as the Rajahnate of Cebu, was an Indianizedmandala (polity) monarchy on the island of Cebu in the Philippines prior to the arrival of the Spanishconquistadors. It is known in ancient Chinese records as the nation of Sokbu (束務) (Hokkien) or Suwu (Mandarin). According to Visayan oral legend, it was founded by Sri Lumay or Rajamuda Lumaya, a half-Malay and half-Tamil from Sumatra.