Malayu
| Author:Laxman Burdak, IFS (R) |
Malayu (मलयु) is today's Jambi of Sumatra, visited by Chinese Buddhist monk Itsing.
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History
Jambi is a province of Indonesia. It is located on the east coast of central Sumatra and spans to the Barisan Mountains in the west. Its capital and largest city is Jambi.
Jambi was the site of the Srivijayan kingdom that engaged in trade throughout the Strait of Malacca and beyond. Jambi succeeded Palembang, its southern economic and military rival, as the capital of the kingdom. The movement of the capital to Jambi was partly induced by the 1025 raid by pirates from the Chola region of southern India, which destroyed much of Palembang.
मलयु
मलयु (AS, p.716): सुमात्रा (इंडोनेशिया) में स्थित एक प्राचीन हिंदू राज्य जो संभवतः ई. सन की प्रारंभिक शतियों में स्थापित हुआ था. इसका आधुनिक नाम जंबी है. सातवीं शती ई. में यह छोटी-सी रियासत जावा के श्रीविजय नामक साम्राज्य में सम्मिलित हो गई थी. चीनी यात्री इत्सिंग मलयु होकर ही भारत पहुंचा [p.717] था उसने मलयु को श्रीभौज का एक भाग बताया है. इत्सिंग भारत में 672 ई. में आया था. [1]