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TABLE OF CONTENTS

Foreword xiii

Preface xv

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS XVI

PART 1: THE HISTORY OF CERAMICS FROM THE MUSI RIVER 1

INTRODUCTION 1

CHAPTER 1. SRIWIJAYA 3
Origin of Sriwijaya 3
EXPANSION OF SRIWIJAYA 3
GOVERNANCE OF SRIWIJAYA 4
Political construct 4
Administration of the entrepôt 4
DECLINE OF SRIWIJAYA 5
POST-SRIWIJAYA 6

CHAPTER 2. GEOGRAPHY & PAST SETTLEMENTS IN THE MUSI RIVER BASIN 7
THE MUSI RIVER FAIRWAY 7
PAST SETTLEMENTS IN THE MUSI RIVER BASIN 7
Ancient Associations 7
Evidence from Ceramics 8
LOWER MUSI RIVER AND BANGKA ISLAND SETTLEMENTS 10
Candi Kota Kapur 10
Karangagung and Air Sugihan 10
Parit 12 11
Koying Polity (2nd to late-4th–early-5th century) 11
Kantoli Polity (late-4th to late-6th century) 12
PALEMBANG SETTLEMENTS 12
East Palembang Sites 13
Central Palembang Sites 13
West Palembang sites 14
UPSTREAM SETTLEMENTS 15

CHAPTER 3. CERAMIC TRADE AND THE MUSI RIVER 17
Introduction 17
GLOBAL TRADE 17
REGIONAL SOUTH EAST ASIAN TRADE 17
SIGNIFICANT CIVILIZATIONS AND EARLY POLITIES IN SOUTH-EAST ASIA 18
MAINLAND SOUTH EAST ASIA 19
Dong Son civilization (7th century BC to 2nd century AD) 19
North Vietnam (3rd century to modern) 19
Cham (Champa) (3rd to 15th centuries) 19
Funan Kingdom (1st to 6th century) 20
Chenla (7th to early-9th century) 21
The Khmer (9th century to modern) 21
The Dvravarati (5th to 11th century) 21
Tircul Kingdom (1st to 9th century) 22
PENINSULA SOUTHEAST ASIA 22
Kedah Kingdom & Sungai Batu civilization (535 BC–17th century AD) 22
Kao Sam Khaeo 23
Langkasuka (2nd to 12th century) 23
Satingpra polity (7th to 14th century) 23
ISLAND SOUTH EAST ASIA 23
Kota Kapur, Bangka Island 23
Batujaya (2nd century BC to 7th century AD) 24
KoYing (2nd to late-4th–early-5th century) and Kantoli Polities (late-4th to late-6th century) 24
Barus (9th to 12th century) 24
INDIA 24

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