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Srivijaya's Buddhist Universities: Muaro Jambi and the Nalanda Connection
This episode explores the intellectual heart of the Srivijaya Empire: its Buddhist universities. Lucas and Luna discuss the sprawling Muaro Jambi temple complex on Sumatra's Batang Hari River, which was a major center of Mahayana Buddhist learning. They examine how Srivijaya's maharajas, particularly Balaputradewa, funded monasteries at Nalanda in India, creating a scholarly exchange network that linked Southeast Asia, India, and China. The episode highlights the Chinese pilgrim Yijing's seven-year stay in Srivijaya, where he studied Sanskrit and translated texts before…
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