Ancient Indian Colonization in South-East Asia c9.4

c9.4

Of the political status of Śrī-Vijaya, I-tsing does not tell us much beyond saying that "the Malayu country is now the country of Śrī-Vijaya." This cryptic sentence has led to much discussion, but it probably means that Malayu, which was originally an independent state, was then included in the dominions of Śrī-Vijaya. This Malayu corresponds to Jambi in Sumatra, which is a coastal region to the north west of Palembang.