Monday, June 11th, 2007 Posted in Indonesia, Malaysia, Srivijaya | 3 Comments »
In the first part of Srivijaya: A primer, we learnt about the empire’s role in controlling trade between China and India and as a Buddhist centre of learning. In this ... Read more..Friday, May 25th, 2007 Posted in Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore, Srivijaya | 1 Comment »
Previously on The Many Places of Singapura... we saw the first of the Lion Cities in Vietnam and then we talked about two possible locations for other Singapuras in the ... Read more..Saturday, May 19th, 2007 Posted in Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore | 2 Comments »
We saw in the first installment of The Many Places of Singapura that the ‘Lion City’ (Singha-Pura) first existed in central Vietnam from the 4th to 9th century. In this ... Read more..Tuesday, May 15th, 2007 Posted in Singapore, Vietnam | No Comments »
It all began when someone posted an obscure 100-year-old newspaper article on the Singapore Heritage email list, about how a member of the Archaeological Society in England pointed out the ... Read more..