In waning days of this state, one of its final rulers founded new city around a Gooseberry tree after being chased out of its former strongholds by a kingdom founded by Ken Arok, the Singhasari.
In waning days of this state, one of its final rulers founded new city around a Gooseberry tree after being chased out of its former strongholds by a kingdom founded by Ken Arok, the Singhasari. Georges Coedes did much of the work to revive modern scholarship on this state, documented by the Chinese monk Yijing.The Kota Kapur inscription details some of this kingdom's early military conquests, including that of the gold-rich Malayu which was conquered by (*) Jayanasa. This state's king Dharmasetu conquered the Pan Pan kingdom before its crumbling holdings were appropriated by Rajendra the Great. It was centered along the Musi River in Palembang, from which it eventually controlled all trade through the Sunda and Malacca straits. This contemporary of the Sailendra was eventually overtaken by the Chola and Majapahit kingdoms in the 13th century. For 10 points, name this maritime trading empire that ruled medieval Sumatra and Java. 
In waning days of this state, one of its final rulers founded new city around a Gooseberry tree after being chased out of its former strongholds by a kingdom founded by Ken Arok, the Singhasari.
Srivijaya Empire