12-25-2004, 11:05 AM
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Kadaram and the Bujang Valley Civilisation
LINKING INDIA TO KEDARAM
21 December 2004
The President of the International Islamic University of Malaysia (IIUM), Tan Sri Sanusi Junid, welcomed delegates to the first workshop of IIUM's Institute of Oceanography and Maritime Studies (INOCEM) on 21st December 2004, in which he talked of how Malaysia's history was shaped by the Indian ocean, which brought Indian culture here more than two thousand years ago. He is a former Malaysian minister of agriculture and mentri besar (chief minister) of Kedah state.
"One of the former Ambassadors of Iran did a degree on the Bay of Bengal. Before he left Malaysia he told me of his finding on the ocean current of the Indian Ocean. It contributes to Malaysian history. According to him, the Indians from the Coromandel Coast need not even use an oar to arrive in Malaysia. They need only drift on a raft and would land on the coast of Yan, Kedah, specifically Dulang and Sungai Limau.
Kedah, in those early days, was known to the Indians as Kedaram or "sceptre" or "tombak" which is used by Hindu priests and warriors.
You might not be aware that the Kedah Sultanate is one of the oldest, if not the oldest monarchy from the same family line in the world. The first Kedah ruler was a Hindu whose name was Maharaja Derba Raja of Kedah, better known as Merong Maha Wangsa.
Subsequently there were 8 more Hindu Maharajahs of Kedah, making a total of nine Maharajas altogether. The ninth Maharaja was Maharaja Derba Raja XI or Phra Ong Mahawangsa. He was converted to Islam by an Arab from Aceh. He changed the title of Maharaja to Sultan, and ruled as Sultan Muzaffar Shah from 1136 to 21st July 1179.
The present Sultan of Kedah, HRH Sultan Abdul Halim Muadzam Shah is the 27th Sultan of Kedah, from Sultan Muzaffar Shah. With the Hindu predecessors, Sultan Abdul Halim becomes the 35th ruler of Kedah.
<b>The first arrival of the Indians was around 100 BC. The first Hindu temple was in the Bujang Valley at the foot of Gunung Jerai.</b> The Tamil Sanskrit world for gunung or mountain is Malai. Thus the name of this country is Malaya. Himalaya means 'mountain of snow' as the Sanskrit word for snow is Hi. All of this history would not have happened without the Indian Ocean and the characteristics of the currents."
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[Bujang Valley is a vast area covering Pattani in Southern Thailand to Teluk Intan which is just 80 miles north of Kuala Lumpur. More than 200 archeological sites have been discovered ranging from temples, jetties, palaces and town halls. Dated 2nd century to 10th century - the first Indian/Hindu civilisation in south east asia.]
Kadaram and the Bujang Valley Civilisation
LINKING INDIA TO KEDARAM
21 December 2004
The President of the International Islamic University of Malaysia (IIUM), Tan Sri Sanusi Junid, welcomed delegates to the first workshop of IIUM's Institute of Oceanography and Maritime Studies (INOCEM) on 21st December 2004, in which he talked of how Malaysia's history was shaped by the Indian ocean, which brought Indian culture here more than two thousand years ago. He is a former Malaysian minister of agriculture and mentri besar (chief minister) of Kedah state.
"One of the former Ambassadors of Iran did a degree on the Bay of Bengal. Before he left Malaysia he told me of his finding on the ocean current of the Indian Ocean. It contributes to Malaysian history. According to him, the Indians from the Coromandel Coast need not even use an oar to arrive in Malaysia. They need only drift on a raft and would land on the coast of Yan, Kedah, specifically Dulang and Sungai Limau.
Kedah, in those early days, was known to the Indians as Kedaram or "sceptre" or "tombak" which is used by Hindu priests and warriors.
You might not be aware that the Kedah Sultanate is one of the oldest, if not the oldest monarchy from the same family line in the world. The first Kedah ruler was a Hindu whose name was Maharaja Derba Raja of Kedah, better known as Merong Maha Wangsa.
Subsequently there were 8 more Hindu Maharajahs of Kedah, making a total of nine Maharajas altogether. The ninth Maharaja was Maharaja Derba Raja XI or Phra Ong Mahawangsa. He was converted to Islam by an Arab from Aceh. He changed the title of Maharaja to Sultan, and ruled as Sultan Muzaffar Shah from 1136 to 21st July 1179.
The present Sultan of Kedah, HRH Sultan Abdul Halim Muadzam Shah is the 27th Sultan of Kedah, from Sultan Muzaffar Shah. With the Hindu predecessors, Sultan Abdul Halim becomes the 35th ruler of Kedah.
<b>The first arrival of the Indians was around 100 BC. The first Hindu temple was in the Bujang Valley at the foot of Gunung Jerai.</b> The Tamil Sanskrit world for gunung or mountain is Malai. Thus the name of this country is Malaya. Himalaya means 'mountain of snow' as the Sanskrit word for snow is Hi. All of this history would not have happened without the Indian Ocean and the characteristics of the currents."
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[Bujang Valley is a vast area covering Pattani in Southern Thailand to Teluk Intan which is just 80 miles north of Kuala Lumpur. More than 200 archeological sites have been discovered ranging from temples, jetties, palaces and town halls. Dated 2nd century to 10th century - the first Indian/Hindu civilisation in south east asia.]