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Srivijaya's Monsoon Maps: Navigating the Indian Ocean
We often picture Srivijaya as a static port city in Palembang, but its true power lay in its mastery of the monsoon winds. In this episode, we explore how Srivijayan navigators and merchant princes understood the rhythmic pulse of the Indian Ocean better than any contemporary empire. We trace the journey of the Chinese monk Yijing again, but this time through his eyes on the logistics of travel—how ships waited months for the wind to shift, how they stocked fresh water in specific bays along Sumatra, and how this knowledge created a de facto monopoly on trans-oceanic transit. We also look at…
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