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An Information, Communications and Culture Minister has said that the Malaysian government will buy the land surrounding Bujang Valley archaeological sites in a bid to protect the archaeological potential there. Govt to protect land surrounding Lembah Bujang heritage site The Star, 13 December 2011 [...] The Sungei Batu site in Kedah, Malaysia will have an exhibition centre built to showcase the finds there. Two interesting things from the story – the Sungei Batu civilisation is now being called the Langkasuka culture and the minister is quoted as saying that Bujang Valley civilisation is older than Perak Man which I’m sure [...] An indepdendent researcher is arguing for Malaysian history books to be changed to reflect the earliest civilisation in Malaysia originated in Kedah’s Bujang Valley, rather than the 15th century Malacca Sultanate. The monumental architecture in Bujang Valley, in the northern part of Peninsular Malaysia, has been known for several decades now and current research by [...] Archaeologists and students at Universiti Sains Malaysia, where I was at until last year, have been for the past couple of years busy with new excavations and finds at the Bujang Valley, in the northern state of Kedah. This story from the Straits Times features some of the main finds from the ongoing work. Digging [...] A large complex of ruins and new evidence for large-scale iron smelting notwithstanding, the Bujang Valley complex in Malaysia’s northern state of Kedah is not living up to its potential for tourism, laments one newspaper. Bujang Valley impetus to tourism New Straits Times, 19 September 2010 [...] Speaking after their recent presentations on Bujang Valley in Kuala Lumpur in July, some Indian scholars note the important role that Bujang Valley in Kedah, Malaysia, played in the spread of Buddhism, Hinduism and the Pallava Grantha script in the region. Remnants of a relationship The Hindu, 19 August 2010 [...] Plans are bing made to nominate the Bujang Valley in Kedah as a World Heritage Site, as a result of archaeological work carried out there over the last 20 years; at the same time, researchers are calling for the protection of sites and expansion of research questions to better understand what went on in Kedah [...] The extent of human settlement at Bujang Valley in Malaysia’s northern state of Kedah is larger than originally thought, with the discovery of a set of new iron smelting sites enlarging the settlement area from 400 square km to 1,000 square km. Bujang Valley was populated between the 3rd-11th century and probably played an important [...] The state and federal governments in Malaysia have agreed to jointly developed the Sungei Batu Archaeological Site in Bujang Valley, Kedah into a heritage site. Government To Collaborate With Kedah To Develop Sungai Batu Archeological Site Bernama, 20 May 2010 [...] The Malaysian Tourism Board promotes the Bujang Valley complex on a press release posted on their website, containing information of the various candi (temples) at the site and ways to get there. The Ancient Kingdom of Bujang Valley Tourism Malaysia, 30 April 2010 [...] |
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