Local Genius/Knowledge in Science and Technology in the Context of Early Malay Kingdoms in Peninsula Malaysia and Borneo
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- 10.2991/assehr.k.220408.032How to use a DOI?
- Keywords
- Local Genius; Early Malay Kingdoms; Prehistoric Period; Science and Technology
- Abstract
The early Malay kingdoms in Peninsular Malaysia and Borneo were often associated with the proto-historical period, an era where people began to recognize writings in forms of ancient characters such as the South Indian, Pallava and Kawi scripts that is written in ancient languages such as Sanskrit, Pali, Ancient Malays and others. As such, the early Malay Kingdoms was associated with colonies from India. However, based on foreign sources and archaeological data, several pottery and iron smelting centers in Sungai Batu, Lembah Bujang and Santubong, Sarawak were discovered. The discovery revealed that the wisdom of the local community had contributed primarily towards the development of science and technology in the early period of the Malay Kingdoms in Malaysia. Furthermore, Santubong, Sarawak is a proto-historical archaeological site that is rich in archaeological discoveries ranging from iron smelting sites, structures – believed to be stupa – made of bricks, Chinese ceramics from the Tang, Song and Yuan dynasties as well as mysterious sculptures on large stones, in which the discovery was strengthen and supported by Tom Harrison, Stanley J.O’Connor and Cheng Te-Kun researches together with the theory proposed by J.W. Christie and F.E. Treloar. Findings from this study indicates that the existence of the early Malay Kingdoms in Peninsular Malaysia and Borneo did not happened overnight nor developed by colonies from India, but a product of evolution and transformation based on local wisdom of the Malay community in science and technology that existed from 5,000 to 6,000 years ago.
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TY - CONF AU - Zuliskandar Ramli PY - 2022 DA - 2022/04/27 TI - Local Genius/Knowledge in Science and Technology in the Context of Early Malay Kingdoms in Peninsula Malaysia and Borneo BT - Proceedings of the 9th Asbam International Conference (Archeology, History, & Culture In The Nature of Malay) (ASBAM 2021) PB - Atlantis Press SP - 234 EP - 244 SN - 2352-5398 UR - https://doi.org/10.2991/assehr.k.220408.032 DO - 10.2991/assehr.k.220408.032 ID - Ramli2022 ER -