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Srivijaya's Golden Buddha: The Amoghapasa Legacy
In this episode, Lucas and Luna explore Srivijaya's most enigmatic religious artifact: the Amoghapasa statue, a 13th-century Buddhist image that traveled from Java to Sumatra and back, embodying the empire's shifting political and spiritual alliances. They unpack its inscriptions, which reveal a dramatic re-dedication by the Malayu king Adityawarman, and trace its connection to the wider Buddhist networks of the era, including the Singhasari kingdom and the Javanese ruler Kertanagara. Along the way, they discuss the statue's possible role in royal legitimation, the spread of…
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