Ancient Indian Colonization in South-East Asia c9.46

c9.46

We learn from the *New History of the T'ang Dynasty* and other Chinese texts that the capital of Java was shifted to the east some time between 742-55 A.D. and was again brought back to the old city before the end of the ninth century A.D. This seems to show that when the Śailendras conquered Java the old ruling dynasty maintained its existence, probably as a dependency, in the eastern part of the island, but re-occupied the old capital, either by driving away the Śailendras, or as soon as they lost their power in Java through other causes. The Śailendras lost their dominion over Kambuja after A.D. 802, and we do not hear of their raids in Champā in the ninth century A.D.