Proceedings of the Sixth International Conference on Language, Literature, Culture, and Education (ICOLLITE 2022)

Pulau Sawah: The Oldest Ancient Shrine from Hindu Buddha Period in Upstream Batanghari River West Sumatera

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Eka Asih Putrina Taim1, *
1National Research and Innovation Agency (BRIN), Lawang, Indonesia
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Eka Asih Putrina Taim
Available Online 30 December 2022.
DOI
10.2991/978-2-494069-91-6_25How to use a DOI?
Keywords
Hindu Buddha; Munggu; Pulau Sawah; 8-10 century AD
ABSTRACT

Pulau Sawah (Sawah Island) is located in the Batang Hari Upstream River Si Junjung District, Dharmasraya Regency, West Sumatera Province. At this site archaeological remains were found in the form of 11 earthen mounds (Munggu) containing brick structures of various sizes. This study aims to describe Pulau Sawah as the oldest Buddhist site in the upper Batanghari area. The method used in this study is a qualitative method through survey techniques to observe literature findings and ground surface findings. From the existing findings, apart from the brick structure, pottery pots and small statues were also found. The findings indicate a chronological origin from the 8th-10th century AD. These relics indicate that this site dates back to the period before Adityawarman's 13-14th century AD and most likely dates from the era of the Old Malay Kingdom/Sriwijaya 8th-10th century AD. With these findings, it can be said that this site is the oldest Buddhist site in the upper Batanghari area.

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Volume Title
Proceedings of the Sixth International Conference on Language, Literature, Culture, and Education (ICOLLITE 2022)
Series
Advances in Social Science, Education and Humanities Research
Publication Date
30 December 2022
ISBN
10.2991/978-2-494069-91-6_25
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2352-5398
DOI
10.2991/978-2-494069-91-6_25How to use a DOI?
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© 2022 The Author(s)
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Open Access This chapter is licensed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/), which permits any noncommercial use, sharing, adaptation, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, as long as you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons license and indicate if changes were made.

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