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How George Coedès Reconstructed the Srivijaya Empire
For centuries, the name Srivijaya meant nothing to historians. The great maritime empire that dominated Southeast Asia from the 7th to 13th centuries had vanished from memory, leaving only scattered inscriptions in Malay, Chinese, and Tamil. Then came French epigraphist George Coedès. In the early 1900s, armed with a camera and a keen eye, he traveled across Sumatra, Java, and the Malay Peninsula, photographing and translating ancient stone texts. Piece by piece, he stitched together the story of a Buddhist thalassocracy that controlled the Strait of Malacca. This episode follows…
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