Of Lost Citiesand Early Kingdoms

IN a recent edition of Tempo there was a fascinating article on The Buddhist Civilization by the Batanghari. In case you missed it Kurie Suditomo reported from Jambi in eastern Sumatra on the vestiges and history of a Buddhist-inspired polity in the lowlands of that region. At the very beginning of the piece the writer made mention of the Dutchman F.M. Schnitgers Forgotten Kingdoms in Sumatra.

Seeing this reference I went to the bibliography of P

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