Ancient Indian Colonies in the Far East (Vol. I: Champa; Vol. II: Suvarnadvipa) v2.c13.16

v2.c13.16

“Beginning at the period when the Java Sea, the Gulf of Siam, and the straits of Malacca were dry land, forming with Borneo, Java and Sumatra a vast sothern extension of the Asiatic continent, the first movement was probably the sinking of the Java Sea as the result of volcanic activity, leading to the complete and early separation of Java. Later Borneo, and afterwards Sumatra, became detached—and since then many other elevations and depressions have taken place.”