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Srivijaya's Song Dynasty Ambassador: The Chuanzhou Stone
In 1178, a Chinese maritime official named Zhou Qufei wrote a book that preserved one of the most detailed descriptions of Srivijaya ever recorded. But one line in his text has puzzled historians for centuries: the claim that Srivijaya's king sent a golden statue of a Buddha as tribute to the Song emperor — and that the statue was inscribed with a secret message. In this episode, Lucas and Luna unravel the mystery of the Chuanzhou Stone, a 12th-century stele from the port of Quanzhou that bears an inscription in Old Malay, linking Srivijaya directly to China's maritime trade…
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