Srivijaya's Sanskrit Stone Inscriptions

The Srivijaya Empire: Southeast Asia's Forgotten Maritime Superpower — Fexingo History · Oct 25, 2026 · 6m · transcript

We trace the linguistic footprint of Srivijaya through its oldest surviving records, focusing on the Kedukan Bukit and Telaga Batu inscriptions. Lucas and Luna explore how Old Malay was used alongside Sanskrit to project power in seventh-century Sumatra. We look at Dapunta Hyang’s pilgrimage, the mandala system of authority, and how these stone tablets reveal a sophisticated bureaucracy that controlled the Strait of Malacca. This episode moves beyond the maritime myths to examine the written word that cemented an empire’s legitimacy.

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