On Monday, October 26 Pierre-Yves Manguin (EFEO) is talking on the topic Le royaume de Śrīvijaya, après un siècle de travaux. Acquis, données nouvelles, interrogations [The Śrīvijaya kingdom, after a century of work. Acquisitions, new data, investigations]

Monday, October 26 2015 (11 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.) (free admission)

Maison de l'Asie, first-floor salon, 22 avenue du Président Wilson, 75116 Paris

A century after its "invention" by George Cœdès (BEFEO 1918), where are we today in our knowledge of this powerful Malay State with it maritime strength? Why are the details of this kingdom that was so prestigious among its contemporaries - from Baghdad to the Middle Kingdom, among sea traders as well as in the Buddhist diaspora -today so difficult for archaeologists to distinguish? Its origins, the location of its political center in Sumatra, its territorial extent, the nature of its political power have all, since 1918, been the object of heated discussions. Research over the past three decades has provided the answers to some of these questions, but there are still many questions that await elucidation. READ MORE