The first major Indonesian Kingdom and commercial sea power was the Hindu Buddhist kingdom Srivijaya.
The kingdom was founded in Sumatra on the Malay Peninsula, which
influenced much of the Southeast
Indonesia and at the end of the 6th century after Funan had been conquered, the empire began to thrive from the 8th to
the 13th century.
The Empire was an important center for the growth and expansion of Buddhism and also thrived on the lucrative spice trade that flowed through the
Straits of Malacca.
This kingdom was ruled by the Tamils and centered in Pallembang, a city in present-day northern Sumatra on the Musi river.
At its height, it ruled Western Indonesian controlled the Malacca Straits and its trade. The kingdom was the first unified empire to
To dominate much of the Malaya archipelago.
Because of the empire's location and proximity to the sea, they developed complex technology using maritime resources.
Also, the empire's economy became progressively dependent on the growing trade in the region,
therefore creating its economy based on prestige goods.
The empire of Srivijaya was founded by Dapunta Hyang Sri and servant group.
He had embarked on a sacred journey in 684,
launching a maritime conquest with 20,000 men to acquire wealth and "magical powers" as he said.
Under Dapunt's leadership the Melayu Kingdom became the first kingdom to be integrated into this Srivijaya empire.
The kingdom became rich in gold and held in high esteem at the time.
Based upon the Kota Kapur inscriptions found in the Bangka Island. The empire had conquered much of the southern
Sumatra in his neighbouring island Bangka. During the empire's formation
It was organized into three major zones the estuarine capital centered on the city of Palembang,
the source of valuable goods and resources centered on the Musi River basin,
and centers that were capable of forming areas of rival estuarine power.
As the kingdom expanded from these zones, it formed as a collection of several local
principalities which swore their allegiance to the central ruling leader.
The political relations between the states were often described as a mandala model or the diffusion of
political power distributed among principalities ,where local power was more important then central leadership and powers.
This system could also be described as a federation of kingdoms under a central standard
domination. The relationship between the different regions were always dynamic and changing, where the status would shift over generations.
The main interest of Srivijayan economic relations with foreign empires and
regions was to secure a highly profitable trade agreement to serve the empire. In order to gain more profits, the empire
participated in trade agreements with China, where they were involved in tributary relations with China would send mass numbers of envoys and
embassies to secure the Chinese Court in their favor.
The main Srivijayan ports served as important transshipment ports or posts were merchandise was constantly being exported and imported.
Valuable goods and commerce from varying regions was collected, traded, and shipped. For example, rice, cotton, and indigo from Java or
ivory and rhino's tusks, tin and gold from Sumatra.
Because of their major hand in world commerce, Srivijaya rose rapidly to be a far-flung empire, controlling the two passages between India and China,
the Sunda Strait from Palembang, nd the Malacca Strait from Kedah. Accounts from Arab states
stated that the empire was so "vast that the swiftest vessel would not have been able to travel round all its islands within two years".
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