Srivijaya was a Buddhist maritime empire centered on the island of Sumatra, with its capital near present-day Palembang. It controlled the Strait of Malacca and the sea trade between India and China, and extended its influence over the Malay Peninsula and parts of Java. It is known from Chinese records, including the account of the monk Yijing, who studied there, and from Old Malay inscriptions. It became a center of Buddhist learning and was linked with the Sailendra dynasty, builders of Borobudur in Java. A raid by the Chola dynasty of southern India in the early 11th century weakened it, and it declined and was replaced by Majapahit. Its name was forgotten until the French scholar George Coedès rediscovered it in 1918.
Before and after
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- from 642 CE to 799 CEArab–Khazar Wars
- 642 CEOrigins of sumo
- 3 November 644 CEDeath of Umar ibn Al-Khattāb
- from 650 CE to 1377Srivijaya
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- c. 653 CEEruption of Dakataua
- from 656 CE to 661 CEFirst Fitna
- 661 CEDeath of Alī ibn Abī Ṭālib
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