Menu Home Posts Gallery Keris (Gallery) Sarawak River Valley About Us The possible travels of the Santubong Buddha Buddhism is one of the world’s largest religions and was established in India around 450 BCE. It spread throughout China, Korea and Japan, followed by incursions into Southeast Asia. In this essay, we attempt to trace the […]
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Menu Home Posts Gallery Keris (Gallery) Sarawak River Valley About Us Indra Lewah and Indra Daha ~1303-1376 We continue on with the oral history of the rulers of Santubong. Pangiran Tuanku Mahkuta Indra Lewang ~1303-1332 Indra Lewang was married to Dang Janak who is also a cousin from his mother’s side. He had two children,
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Menu Home Posts Gallery Keris (Gallery) Sarawak River Valley About Us Chinese Surnames Chinese Surnames Hello: I do not claim to have a vast knowledge of Chinese or the origins of surnames. Below, please find a summary of a couple of articles I found on the net. I am especially confused about the Yellow Emperor.
Menu Home Posts Gallery Keris (Gallery) Sarawak River Valley About Us Old Borneo News Stories Newspaper Articles Thanks to Veronica Chang Schmid for finding and posting these articles. When did Headhunting begin? Mr. Alan Coates, in his “Letter to the Editor” in the Sarawak Gazette of 16th December 1957, states that headhunting did not begin
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Menu Home Posts Gallery Keris (Gallery) Sarawak River Valley About Us The Great Flood Saganda Manikam (Siagasangsana) ~1277- 1303 After Pangiran Sri Paduka Tuanku Indrana Junjunan changed into a dragon and went into the Kaliman Sea (Keleman ) his son Pangiran Molia Tuan Siagasangsana became the ruler and took the title Pangiran Paduka Tuanku Siagasangsana.
Menu Home Posts Gallery Keris (Gallery) Sarawak River Valley About Us An Old Ruler of Santubong For those who have just joined us: The article is the continuation of a series of the rulers of Santubong told us by a Dukun in Kampong Panglima Seman Llama near Kuching. For earlier rulers, see BorneoHistory.net. The ruler
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Menu Home Posts Gallery Keris (Gallery) Sarawak River Valley About Us The Rulers of Santubong 1131-1242 We continue on with the next three rulers of Santubong as told to us by the Dukun. The existence of Sri Vijaya has been called into question by the scholar Dr. Liam Kelly of Brunei University. (see file:///C:/Users/User/Downloads/Rescuing_History_from_Srivijaya_The_Fall%20(5).pdf) Enjoy!
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Menu Home Posts Gallery Keris (Gallery) Sarawak River Valley About Us Sagenda Sarik and Sagenda LeLang Kundor These are numbers four and five of the rulers of Santubong as related to us by the dukun. The story, according to him, is connected to Sagenda Lelang Saganda Sarik (Indra Sarik ) ~1053-1096 Indra Sarik was also
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Menu Home Posts Gallery Keris (Gallery) Sarawak River Valley About Us Love on the Mountain Santubong and Se Jinjang My favourite piece of oral history about Sarawak. Kuching, Sarawak, is dominated by a mountain called Santubong. This article is attributed to the reign of Sagenta Galam by the Dukun who told us these oral histories.
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Menu Home Posts Gallery Keris (Gallery) Sarawak River Valley About Us Santubong: First Two Rulers We begin this series with the rulers of Santubong from ~966-~1512.(the dates are not exact as the symbol ~ tells you) We obtained the information from a Dukun in a Kampung who said his grandfather told him the history. So,
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