Ancient Indian Colonization in South-East Asia c9.65

c9.65

As Tāmbraliṅga is included among the dependencies of San-fo-tsi by Chau-ju-kua, Chandrabhānu seems to have usurped the authority of his overlord by a successful rebellion. But, if so, Chandrabhānu was probably the last great ruler of Zābag. The example set by him of rebellion against the overlord was followed by other States. Being hard pressed by the rising power of Java on the one hand and the Thais of Siam on the other, Jāvaka or San-fo-tsi lost her position of supremacy and gradually sank into a local power. She continued this inglorious existence for nearly a century when it was finally conquered by Java, which then stepped into the imperial position so long held by Zābag.