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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;TuckHard, post: 5164669, member: 102653&quot;]How about this tied in to your piece? The Srivijaya of Sumatra ruled the seas between the naval Indian &lt;-&gt; Chinese trade routes, notably the Malacca Straits and the Sunda Strait, from around 670 AD until the early 1200s or so. In 1025 AD the Cholas attacked and raided numerous Srivijayan ports around the area including the Srivijayan capital city Palembang where my coin was found. Despite apparently sweeping the Srivijayan navy and port cities, the Chola appeared to have left the region fairly quickly and the Srivijaya rebuilt, although weaker. It&#039;s thought by some that the Chola raid even led the Srivijayans to shift the palace and center of power to another site on Sumatra, Jambi. The date range for my coin is quite wide but one type was discovered in the Intan Shipwreck dated to around 960 AD. They appeared to be used in similar manner to the contemporary Javanese coins that were a similar weight standard until around 1300 AD when the use of Chinese copper cash coins dominated and were eventually used as official coinages.</p><p><br /></p><p style="text-align: center">[ATTACH=full]1210341[/ATTACH]</p> <p style="text-align: center">Srivijaya of Sumatra</p> <p style="text-align: center">c. 960 - 1300 AD</p> <p style="text-align: center">AV 1/16 Massa | 0.16g</p> <p style="text-align: center">Obv: Incused sandalwood motif</p> <p style="text-align: center">Rev: <i>Ma</i> in Nagari script</p> <p style="text-align: center">Ex. Recovered from Musi River of Palembang</p> <p style="text-align: center"><br /></p> <p style="text-align: center"><br /></p><p>Edit: I just reread the previous request, the Srivijaya never reconquered the Chola in their home territory and it&#039;s not even clear if the Chola were driven out of Sumatra because of the Srivijayan forces or if they left on their own so the previous go still stands; a kingdom that conquered back its conquerors![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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