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Forgotten Kingdoms in Sumatra

1939

Ligor in the north of the Malaka Peninsula (775 A. D.) in which the king of Crwijaya is called the patron'of the nagas their heads haloed by the.streaks of the.lustre cer gems" as well of the statement of a Chinese in 1225 that kings of Palembang had sprung from the spawn of serpent. [...] The lower part of the body is dressed in a smooth garment fastened around the waist by means of a flat girdle which is tied in front a looF and the two ends hanging down together with a portion of the drapery. [...] The wind drove the chest to the coast of Siam and the king of that country adopted the baby as his own child. [...] Back of the grave is that of the Pangeran's wife and at the side are buried the cat and the dog with which he used to play. [...] The princes of Djambi succeeded each other in the course of the years and the kris Si Gendje and the lance Si Nantjan ever remained the symbols of die imperial power in Djambi.
history
Pages
320
Published in
Netherlands
SARF Document ID
sarf.142907
Segment Pages Author Actions
Frontmatter
i-viii F.M. Schnitger view
Preface
ix-xi F.M. Schnitger view
Palembang
1-14 F.M. Schnitger view
Batang Hari
15-32 F.M. Schnitger view
Kampar
33-46 F.M. Schnitger view
Elephants
47-54 F.M. Schnitger view
To Central Sumatra in 1684
55-64 F.M. Schnitger view
Putting Fish under a Spell
65-70 F.M. Schnitger view
Tongkoe Tamboese
71-84 F.M. Schnitger view
Padang Lawas
85-108 F.M. Schnitger view
The Batak Magic Wand
109-131 F.M. Schnitger view
Samosir
132-144 F.M. Schnitger view
Nias
145-164 F.M. Schnitger view
Prehistoric Monuments
165-202 F.M. Schnitger view
Benkoelen
203-214 F.M. Schnitger view
Appendix the Megalithic Culture Of Assam
215-228 Christoph Furer-Haimendorf view
Plates I-XL
i-lxxxi F.M. Schnitger view

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