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Proclaiming themselves “Lord of the Mountains,” Srivijaya’s rulers patronized Buddhism to foster trade relations across the Malaccan Straits and Indian Ocean.

From Textbooks • Apr. 19, 2023

In the fifteenth century, Malaysian literature, which had been transmitted only orally before, flourished, another characteristic of this golden age in the Malaccan Sultanate.

From Textbooks • Dec. 14, 2022

How did the geographic location of the Malaccan Sultanate contribute to its prosperity?

From Textbooks • Dec. 14, 2022

Through the Malaccan Straits flowed silks, spices, and porcelain, as well as Malaccan products such as tin that was mined to the north of the city.

From Textbooks • Dec. 14, 2022

I say at least in some of its varieties, because within the narrow range of the Malaccan peninsula and the island of Borneo we find no less than three different types.

From The Ethnology of the British Colonies and Dependencies by Latham, R. G. (Robert Gordon)