Bujang
The Bujang Valley (Lembah Bujang) is considered the most important archaeological site in Malaysia . It is located around 10 kilometers northwest of the city of Sungai Petani in the state of Kedah , near the small town of Merbok and not far from the border with Thailand . The legendary Gunung Jerai mountain , which is 1,206 meters high, rises about 5 kilometers north-northeast of the valley.
Bujang's archaeological finds include old "Kandi" grave temples (elsewhere called stupa ), such as the Candi Bukit Batu Pahat, and statues of Indian deities and other finds that prove the existence of a Hindu-Buddhist kingdom that dates back to the 4th century. Recently, an iron foundry was excavated that was built even before the birth of Christ. The South Indian Pallava dynasty radiated strongly into the Malaysian-Indonesian region in the first millennium, on the Malaysian mainland on Kedah and Langkasuka . In the 7th century the area became part of the Buddhist Srivijaya Empire of Sumatra. It reached its heyday in the 10th century. Hindu influences came from the Tamil Chola Empire at the time.
Finds are exhibited in the archaeological museum of the valley.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Malaysia information on eu-asien.de
- ↑ Eisenguss ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Megalithic
- ^ Lembah Bujang Archaeological Museum. Department of Museums Malaysia, October 2, 2009, accessed September 15, 2013 .
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Coordinates: 5 ° 44 ′ 14 " N , 100 ° 24 ′ 51" E