Sanfoqi Maritime Trade

Name: Sanfoqi Maritime Trade
Start: 1060
End: 1069

Type Event Region Southeast Asia Time 1060–1069

In the 1060s Sanfoqi (Srivijaya), centered on Palembang in Sumatra, still controlled entrepôt trade through the Malacca and Sunda Straits, maintainin…

Timeline

1060–1065Strait of Malacca · Strait of MalaccaSanfoqi levied tariffs on passing merchant ships by controlling the strait's shipping lanes; Indian cotton cloth, Chinese porcelain, and Southeast Asian spices were gathered and transshipped here, with Palembang becoming a key node linking eastern and western routes.
1063–1069Palembang · IndonesiaAccording to Song-dynasty historical records and Southeast Asian inscriptions, in the 1060s Sanfoqi still sent envoys bearing tribute to the Song dynasty while maintaining Buddhist and commercial ties with South Indian ports, sustaining its international prestige and trade income.

Sources

Kenneth R. Hall, A History of Early Southeast Asia: Maritime Trade and Societal Development, 100–1500 — Kenneth R. Hall (2011)