| Abstract: |
The idea long held by scholars, that Palembang was the site of the ancient capital of the trading state of Sriwijaya, was questioned following archaeological excavations in the 1970s. However more sustained survey, and selected excavations, from 1988 have revealed abundant evidence of imported and local ceramics and religious structures dating to various periods from the 8th/9th century AD up to the 19th century and there can be little doubt that Palembang was a major entrepôt, and the first capital of Sriwijaya before it probably moved to Jambi in the 11th century, and that it subsequently remained a major port.
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