Ancient Indian Colonization in South-East Asia c9.40

c9.40

But whether Zābag was identical with Java or not, there is no doubt that Java was an important stronghold of the Sailendras in the second half of the eighth century A.D. It appears from epigraphic evidence in Java that they established their authority there some time after 732 A.D., when the island was being ruled by a king named Sañjaya, and continued to rule probably till at least about the middle of the ninth century A.D.