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Malaysian archaeologists say they have found the site of an an ancient kingdom in northern Kedah state, which predates Cambodia's Angkor temples and may be one of the oldest civilisations in Asia.
Lead researcher Professor Mokhtar Saidin says the discovery could lead to the rewriting of history books on the region.
He says buildings found in two palm oil plantations in northern Kedah last month appear to have been part of the ancient Hindu kingdom of Bujang, which existed in the area around 300AD, long before Cambodia's Angkor civilisation which flourished from the 12th to 14th centuries.
"We have dated artifacts from what we believe are an administration building and an iron smelter to 1,700 (years before present), which sets the Bujang civilisation between the third and fourth century AD," he told reporters.
Professor Mokhtar says the iron smelter was a particularly surprising find, as it shows a high level of technology for such an early civilisation.
"We have 30 more mounds at the site that have to be excavated and we are hoping to also find the port area for the kingdom as it was near the sea," he added.
"This will give us a clue to how the civilisation was trading and influenced by China and India, who would have been the two main powers back then to have influenced development in this region."
Lead researcher Professor Mokhtar Saidin says the discovery could lead to the rewriting of history books on the region.
He says buildings found in two palm oil plantations in northern Kedah last month appear to have been part of the ancient Hindu kingdom of Bujang, which existed in the area around 300AD, long before Cambodia's Angkor civilisation which flourished from the 12th to 14th centuries.
"We have dated artifacts from what we believe are an administration building and an iron smelter to 1,700 (years before present), which sets the Bujang civilisation between the third and fourth century AD," he told reporters.
Professor Mokhtar says the iron smelter was a particularly surprising find, as it shows a high level of technology for such an early civilisation.
"We have 30 more mounds at the site that have to be excavated and we are hoping to also find the port area for the kingdom as it was near the sea," he added.
"This will give us a clue to how the civilisation was trading and influenced by China and India, who would have been the two main powers back then to have influenced development in this region."
9 comments:
Pretty interesting. Really wanting to hear more of the facts, proofs and final conclusions.
Ah Long Vi Sa Lo and Svar Kim Hong only know how to sell Khmer land to Thai. If Thai give those a million dollars each, they will let Thai move border post freely and deny about Thai encroachments into Khmer territory although there are witnesses about recent event.
Agreed, Angkor Empire or Khmer Empire was control large or vast chunk of lands back in the history.
My friends (Maylaysian) told me Khmer was the ruler of Southeasia one time.
Khmer in Malaysia,
When was khmer the ruler of Southeasia? Nevertheless, what happen to the khmer now?
khmer did not have real King! khmer real king was executed...the young king from koh sumatra came and reign in Cambodia, So khmer did not have real King.
Where the King came was not to important, But he was the Khmer King and we accepted his loyalty. We were alway open and respect other people.
Le KING KHMER SINAHOUK c'est une cellule qui contient des produits nocifs aux peuples khmers genetiquement parlant c'est une cellule maligneCe cellule est génétiquement programmée pour être esclave des viets
2:05PM, good one!
All of you misread the article completely. The article didnt say Khmer empire found in Malaysia. It simply states that there was evidence to indicate the existence of a civilization older than Angkor Empire. Not Khmer ruled that place.
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