Sumatra (also spelled Sumatara and Sumatera) is the sixth largest island of the world (approximately 470,000 km²) and is the 3rd largest island of Indonesia after Kalimantan and Irian. Sumatra - Geography. The longest axis of the island runs approximately northwest - southeast, crossing the equator near the center. The interior of the island is dominated by two geographical regions: the Barisan Mountains in the west and swampy plains in the east. To the southeast is Java, separated by ...

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An ancient name for Sumatra was Swarna Dwipa, (Sanskrit for Isle of Gold), apparently based on the fact that mines in the Sumatran highlands were exporting gold from fairly early times. With its location in the India-China sea trade route, several trading towns flourished, especially in the eastern coast, and were influenced by Indian religions. The most notable of these were the Srivijaya and the Sumudra。Srivijaya was a Buddhist monarchy centered in what is now Palembang. Dominating the region through trade and conque ...

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West Sumatra (Indonesian: Sumatra Barat) is one of the provinces of Indonesia. It lies on the west coast of the island Sumatra, and borders the provinces of North Sumatra (Sumatera Utara) to the north, Riau and Jambi to the east, and Bengkulu to the southeast. It includes the Mentawai Islands off the coast. The capital of the province is Padang. West Sumatra - Geography. West Sumatra lies in the middle of the western coast of Sumatra, and has an area of 42,297.30 km². Geographic features incl ...

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The longest axis of the island runs approximately northwest - southeast, crossing the equator near the center. The interior of the island is dominated by two geographical regions: the Barisan Mountains in the west and swampy plains in the east. To the southeast is Java, separated by the Sunda Strait. To the north is the Malay Peninsula, separated by the Straits of Malacca. To the east is Borneo, across the Karimata Strait. We ...

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The 2005 Sumatra earthquake was a major earthquake on March 28, 2005, located off the west coast of northern Sumatra, Indonesia. Approximately 1300 people were killed by the earthquake, mostly on the island of Nias. The event caused panic in the region, which had recently been devastated by the massive tsunami triggered by the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake, but this earthquake generated a relatively tiny tsunami that caused limited damage. The earthquake occurred at 16:09:36 UTC (11:09:36 p.m. local time) on March 28, 2005. The ...

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Bengkulu is one of the provinces of Indonesia. It is on the southwest coast of the island of Sumatra, and borders the provinces of West Sumatra, Jambi, South Sumatra and Lampung. The capital and largest city of the province is also called Bengkulu, located at 3°48′S 102°15′E. It was formerly the site of a British garrison, which they called Bencoolen. The province has a population of 1,405,060 (2000 cens ...

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Bangka-Belitung is one of the provinces of Indonesia. It includes two large islands, Bangka and Belitung, and several smaller ones, which lie east of Sumatra, northeast of South Sumatra (Sumatera Selatan) province. The Bangka Strait separates Sumatra and Bangka, and the Gaspar Strait separates Bangka and Belitung. The South China Sea is to the north, the Java Sea is to the south, and Borneo to the east is separated from Belitung by the Karimata Strait. The province was formerly part of South Sumatra, but became an independent province along with Bante ...

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Banda Aceh is the provincial capital and largest city of Aceh, Indonesia, located on the island of Sumatra at 5°31′N 95°25′E, with an elevation of 21 m. The population was approximately 225,000 in mid-2004. The first part of its name comes from the Persian bandar (بندر) and means "port" or "haven". On December 26, 2004, one of the deadliest natural disasters in modern history, the Indian Ocean earthquake, struck off the western coast of Sumatra. The earthquake and subsequent tsunamis reportedly killed over 285,000 people around the rim of the Indian Ocean. Banda Aceh was the ...

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Atiśa Dipamkarashrijnana (Bangla: অতীশ দীপঙ্কর শ্রীজ্ঞান) (982 - 1054 CE) was a Buddhist teacher who reintroduced Buddhism into Tibet after King Langdharma had nearly destroyed it. He studied and mastered all of the traditions of Buddhism in India. After different trials to invite him to Tibet, he finally accepted the invitation and came to Tibet for the rest of his life. Some tibetan sources say he was also abbot of Vikramashila University at one point, one of the great centers of Buddhist lea ...

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ASEAN Agreement on Transboundary Haze Pollution is an environmental agreement signed in 2002 between ASEAN nations to bring haze pollution under control in Southeast Asia. The agreement is a reaction to an environmental crisis that hit Southeast Asia in the late 1990s. The crisis was mainly caused by land clearing via open burning in Indonesian island of Sumatra. Satellite images confirmed the presences hot spots throughout Borneo, Sumatra, the Malay Peninsula and several other places. Malaysia and Si ...

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Events Arab conquest of Persia completed, Islam established as state religion in Iran Hindu empire in Sumatra Croats and Serbs occupy Bosnia Khazars conquer Great Bulgarian Empire in southern Russia building of St. Martin's Church, Canterbury, England first surgical developments in India, with bladder, peristalsis and plastic operations < ...

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The dwarf pipe snakes or anomochilids (genus Anomochilus) are the only genus of family Anomochilidae. There are only 2 species. Anomochilus - Distribution. The genus is native to southern peninsular Malaysia, central Sumatra, southwestern Borneo as well as in the East Indies. Anomochilus - Description. These two species ressemble much Asian pipesnakes (family Cylindrophiidae). They lack both a chin groove and teeth on their pterygoid.Including:

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Srivijaya (200s-1400) was an ancient Malay kingdom on the island of Sumatra which influenced much of the Malay Archipelago. Records of its beginning are scarce while estimations range from the 200s to the 500s. The kingdom ceased to exist around 1400. In Sanskrit, sri means 'shining' or 'radiant' and vijaya means victory or excellence. Srivijaya - Formation and growth. Around year 500, Srivijayan roots begun to develop around present-day Palembang, Sumatra in Indonesia. Chinese records dated 6 ...

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1025 - Events. April 18 - Boleslaw I Chrobry is crowned as the first king of Poland. Srivijaya, a partly Buddhist kingdom based on Sumatra, is attacked by the Chola empire of southern India in a dispute over trading rights in South-east Asia. It survives, but declines in importance. 1025 - Births. August 28 - Emperor Go-Reizei of Japan (d. 1068) 1025 - Deaths. December 15 - Basil II, Byzantine Emperor ...

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Kavi is the oldest script of Javanese language, and is derived from the Indic Brahmi. A more recent script was Jawi. These scripts were used in the Singhasari kingdom of Java. The more recent scripts were extant in the Majapahit Empire of Java, Bali, Borneo and Sumatra. The scripts are abugida which represent a syllable ending in a vowel, just as in the Sanskrit of Vedic times and the Theravada Buddhist language Pali, thus annotation (virama) is needed to represent a pure consonant. Kavi< ...

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Brown Tortoise Manouria emys is a species of tortoise found in India (Assam), Bangladesh, Myanmar (= Burma), Tailand and Malaysia and Indonesia (Sumatra, Borneo). emys: S Tahiland, Malaysia, Sumatra, Borneo; Type locality: Sumatra phayrei: N/W Thailand to NE India; Type locality: Arakan; Tenasserim Provinces'. M. e. emys has separated pectores scutes while M. e. phayrei has joined pectoral scutes. Manouria emys phayrei has been named after Sir Arthur Purves Phayre (1812-1885), British army office

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The Crab-eating Macaque (Macaca fascicularis) is an arboreal macaque native to South-East Asia. It is also called the Cynomolgus Monkey or Long-tailed Macaque. It is used extensively in medical experiments, in particular those connected with neuroscience. It has also been identified as a possible vector for monkeypox. It is one of the types of monkeys that have been flown into space. It is found throughout most of South-East Asia, including the Malay Archipelago islands of Sumatra, Java, and Borneo, ...

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The Crested Wood Partridge, Rollulus rouloul is a gamebird in the pheasant family Phasianidae of the order Galliformes, gallinaceous birds. It is the only member of the genus Rollulus (Bonnaterre, 1791). It is also known as the Crested Partridge, Roul-roul, Red-crowned Wood Partridge or Green Wood Partridge. This small partridge is a resident breeder in lowland rainforests in south Myanmar, south Thailand, Malaysia, Sumatra and Borneo. Its nest is a ground scrape lined with leaves, which is concealed under a heap of l ...

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The Orang Pendek or Orang Pendak is a cryptid that is supposedly an unclassified species of primate similar to the orangutan that inhabits remote regions of the island of Sumatra. The Orang Pendak has been estimated to be only two and a half to five feet in height; its name means "little man" or "short person." According to accounts, this species differs from the orangutan only in that it is fully bipedal and diminutive. The only evidence to be found so far have been footprints, unidentified primate hairs, and dubious ti ...

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