Palembang
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Palembang is the capital city of the Indonesian province of South Sumatra. The city proper covers 352.51 square kilometres on both banks of the Musi River in the eastern lowlands of southern Sumatra.
LRT Palembang Ampera Bridge
Sultan Mahmud Badaruddin II Museum, Palembang
Palembang Al Islam Muhammad Cheng Ho Mosque Main Gate Palembang, SS
Taman Purbakala Kerajaan Sriwijaya Pendopo Utama
Srivijaya
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Srivijaya, also spelled Sri Vijaya or Sriwijaya, was a Malay thalassocratic empire based on the island of Sumatra that influenced much of Southeast Asia. Srivijaya was an important centre for the expa
Palembang
…Regency (11 administrative districts), Ogan Ilir Regency (seven districts), and Ogan Komering Ilir Regency (four districts). Palembang was the capital of Srivijaya, a Buddhist kingdom that ruled much of the western Indonesian Archipelago and controlled many maritime trade routes, including the Strait of Malacca…
Talang Tuwo inscription, discovered in Bukit Seguntang area, tells the establishment of the sacred Śrīksetra park.
Floating houses in Musi River bank near Palembang in 1917. The Srivijayan capital was probably formed from a collection of floating houses like this.
Muaro Jambi Buddhist temple compound, a possible location of Srivijaya's religious centre
The Kedukan Bukit inscription displayed in the National Museum of Indonesia