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<< Text Pages >> Lembah Bujang - Ancient Village or Settlement in Malaysia

Submitted by DrewParsons on Friday, 21 May 2010  Page Views: 12810

Multi-periodSite Name: Lembah Bujang Alternative Name: Bujang Valley
Country: Malaysia Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
Nearest Town: Sungai Petani  Nearest Village: Tamang Lembah Bujang
Latitude: 5.737470N  Longitude: 100.414190E
Condition:
5Perfect
4Almost Perfect
3Reasonable but with some damage
2Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site
1Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks
0No data.
-1Completely destroyed
2 Ambience:
5Superb
4Good
3Ordinary
2Not Good
1Awful
0No data.
no data Access:
5Can be driven to, probably with disabled access
4Short walk on a footpath
3Requiring a bit more of a walk
2A long walk
1In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find
0No data.
5 Accuracy:
5co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates
4co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map
3co-ordinates scaled from a bad map
2co-ordinates of the nearest village
1co-ordinates of the nearest town
0no data
5

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The Bujang Valley archaeological sites date from 100 AD and located around the Lembah Bujang Archaeological Museum in Kedah State to the north west of Sungai Petani.

The Bujang Valley archaeological sites are located around the Lembah Bujang Archaeological Museum in Kedah State to the north west of Sungai Petani. The museum is the focus point for the longtitude and latitude coordinates given for this very large and important site.

Lembah Bujang found itself on the maritime trading route between south Indian Tamil kingdoms and western Indonesia between the 4th and 13th centuries AD. The Indian Pallava Kingdom (4th to 9th centuries AD), and Chola Kingdom (9th to 13th centuries AD) not only traded with but culturally and religiously influenced Sumatra and Java and in doing so created a similar culture in the Bujang Valley.

Excavations have been ongoing since the 1990's across the whole complex. Finds have included some 50 "candi" or tomb temples, stone tablets with Sanscrit texts indicating Buddhist and animist belief systems, knives and beads, Buddhist statues, and trade items indicating connections between China and India. In a recent excavation in part of the wider area of Lembah Bujang known as Sungai Batu finds have included evidence of iron smelting and what is described as a "ritual site" dated to 110 AD.

Some of the more recent finds are held in the Lembah Bujang Archaeological Museum at the site, whilst others are in museums spread across the region.

References: Lembah Bujang Archaeological Museum:
http://www.jmm.gov.my/en/content/lembah-bujang-archaeological-museum

Universiti Sains Malaysia:
http://www.usm.my/bi/berita-penuh-en.asp?id=7803&idform=7

Wikipedia Bujang Valley:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bujang_Valley



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Re: Lembah Bujang by DrewParsons on Friday, 21 May 2010
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News item resourced by coldrum:
Archeological Site Proves Earlier Civilisation In Malaysia

The Sungai Batu archeological site in the Bujang Valley proves that civilisation in this country had started much earlier and was the oldest in South-east Asia. Information Communication and Culture Minister Datuk Seri Dr Rais Yatim said the site, which was believed to have existed in the year 110, showed the existence of religion, commerce and the economy.

"The Bujang Valley in Sungai Batu is a determination to estimate the new civilisation which is known to have existed much earlier than the one existing in neighbouring countries either in Indonesia, Vietnam, Cambodia or Thailand. "It is hoped that no one will belittle this effort because when it is endorsed by the whole world, Malaysia will be on a high and old archeological, anthropological and sociological perspective," he said.

He said this to reporters after visiting the Sungai Batu archeological complex in the Bujang valley, here.

The archeological complex, measuring three square kilometres located in an oil palm area, has 97 study sites which are said to hold the key that will open the history of early civilisation in this country. Research on the Bujang Valley is among the projects under the Ninth Malaysia Plan (9MP) carried out with the cooperation of the National Heritage Department and researchers from Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM) and Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (UKM).

In addition, Rais plans to present a working paper on the conservation of the archeological complex so that the country would not be lagging behind in terms of heritage as well as to forge cooperation with foreign researchers. "My ministry will discuss with Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak on the funds for research studies at the archeological complex, because the existing funds had been used up," he said.

He said his ministry was also prepared to hold meetings and discussions with the Kedah state government to work together in conserving the historical artifacts which were important for national heritage.

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