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- Trade -- marine economy - Palembang, Indonesia - as a university/scholarship centre -- Buddhist monks -- how the city evolved into what it is today

SRIVIJAYA:

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Due to its location, this once powerful state developed complex technology utilizing maritime resources. In addition, its economy became progressively reliant on the booming trade in the region, thus transforming it into a prestige goods based economy

Srivijaya continued to expand as a state; by the year 1000 it had control of almost all of Java, but shortly fell from power to Chola invaders, an South Indian coastal kingdom with growing power in trade. The Chola took over Palembang, captured the king and took the wealth of the royals and members of the elite, and also attacked other parts of Srivijaya.

Some forms of metallurgy were used as jewelry, currency (coins), as status symbols -- for decorative purposes.

Srivijaya-Palembang’s significance both as a center for trade and for the practice of Vajrayana Buddhism has been established by Arab and Chinese historical records over several centuries. Srivijaya' own historical documents, inscriptions in Old Malay, are limited to the second half of the 7th century. The inscriptions uncover the hierarchical leadership system, in which the king is served by many other high-status officials.

There are records in which I-ching recommends Palembang as an excellent center for studying and practicing Buddhism. with more than one thousand monks practicing and living in the monastery,

The language diction of many inscriptions found near where Srivijaya once reigned incorporated Indian Tantric conceptions. This evidence makes it clear the relationship of the ruler and the concept of bodhisattva—one who was to become a Buddha. This is the first evidence seen in the archaeological record of a Southeast Asian ruler (or king) regarded as a religious leader/figure.