Decline of Srivijaya

Name: Decline of Srivijaya
Start: 1020
End: 1029

Type Event Region Southeast Asia Time 1020–1029

In the 1020s, the Sumatra-based maritime empire of Srivijaya faced internal and external pressures: the rise of Mataram in Java, separatism among Mal…

Timeline

1020–1029Palembang (capital of Srivijaya) · SumatraSrivijaya's suzerainty over Malay Peninsula ports and Sumatran inland vassal states became increasingly formalistic; local chiefs and trading ports conducted trade on their own and reduced tribute to the center, while the center's practical control over the strait's sea lanes declined.
1025Srivijaya's core port zone · SumatraIn 1025, a fleet from the Chola dynasty of South India expeditioned against Srivijaya, capturing the capital and plundering the ports' wealth, while Mataram in Java expanded eastward; Srivijaya's maritime hegemony suffered a fatal blow, and its political center gradually shifted northward thereafter.

Sources

Srivijaya https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Srivijaya
Early Kingdoms of the Indonesian Archipelago and the Malay Peninsula — Paul Michel Munoz (2006)