Tuesday 23 October 2012

island - the island's ancient antiquity

Sumatra Island - Gold




In various inscriptions, the island of Sumatra, called by the Sanskrit name: Suwarnadwipa ("golden island") or Suwarnabhumi ("land of gold"). These names have been used in Indian texts before Christ. Also known as the island of Sumatra Andalas.
During the 18th Dynasty Pharaoh in Egypt (around 1.567SM-1.339SM), on the west coast of the island of Sumatra has been a bustling port, with the name of Barus. Barus (Lobu Old - Tapanuli) is estimated to have been around 3000 years before Christ. Barus is known as the place of origin of mothballs. Apparently camphor or camphor is used as a preservative mummy of ancient Egyptian pharaohs.
In addition Barus, Sumatra there are also other ancient kingdoms. A source tells the Ancient Jewish manuscripts bekalan gold to build the city-state kingdom of Solomon was taken from an ancient kingdom in the Far East called Ophir. The possibility of Ophir is in West Sumatra. In West Sumatra there are mountains Ophir. Mount Ophir (also known as G. Talamau) is one of the highest mountain in West Sumatra, the region, Pasaman. Reportedly the largest gold contained in the Sumatran Minangkabau kingdom. According to ancient sources, the kingdom there are high mountains and contains gold. It is said that the kingdom of Minangkabau center located in the center of gold mining. Gold-gold is then exported from the port number, like Kampar, Indragiri, Pariaman, Mice, Barus, and Pedir. Sumatra also stands Srivijaya Empire which later evolved into the first major kingdom in the archipelago that has influence up to Thailand and Cambodia in the north, to the east of the Moluccas.
Now the mineral wealth contained many mined the island of Sumatra. Many types of minerals are found in Sumatra than gold. Sumatra has a variety of minerals, such as coal, gold, and lead. It is not possible actual materials such as gold mining and many others yet to be discovered on the island of Sumatra. Some people believe actually contains a lot of gold Sumatra apart from what is found now. If that is true then it will be known as the Sumatra island of gold back.

Java - Rice Island




Formerly known as Java Yavadvipa. Yavadvipa derived from Sanskrit which means "Island Rice" and is mentioned in the Hindu epic Ramayana. Epic said "Yavadvipa, decorated seven kingdoms, Island Gold and silver, rich gold mine", as one of the most remote parts of the earth. Greek geographer, Ptolemy also wrote about the "land of gold" and "silver state" and its islands, including the island "" Iabadiu "which means" Island Rice ".
Ptolemy mentions in the west end Iabadiou (Yavadvipa) located Argyre (kotaperak). Silver City was most likely an ancient Sunda kingdom, Salakanagara located in western Java. Salakanagara in the history of Sunda (Wangsakerta) also called Rajatapura. Salaka interpreted silver while nagara same city, so Salakanagara many interpreted as a silver town.
In Java, it also stands great kingdom of Majapahit. Majapahit kingdom was recorded as the largest in the archipelago that managed to unite the archipelago covering Sumatra, the Malay Peninsula, Borneo, Sulawesi, Nusa Tenggara islands, Maluku, Papua, and some islands of the Philippines. In Wang Ta-yuan notes, export commodities Java at that time was pepper, salt, cloth, and a parrot. Currency is made from a mixture of silver, tin, lead, and copper. In addition, notes monks visit Rome in 1321, Odorico da Pordenone, said that the palace of the King of Java full of gold jewelry, silver, and gems.
According to many experts, is the world's most fertile island of Java. This makes sense, because Java has a concentration of very high volcano. Many active volcanoes in Java. Mount is why Java is very fertile soil with nutrients needed by plants.
Raffles author of The History of Java was amazed at the natural fertility that Java no tandingnya in any hemisphere. "If all the land that was used," he wrote, "there can be no region in the world that can match the quantity, quality, and variety of plants produced this island."
Java is now supplying 53 percent of the food needs of Indonesia. Rice is widely available in Java as it has extraordinary fertility. Java is said to be Indonesia's rice granary. Java is also famous for its coffee called Java coffee. Rainfall and soil acidity in Java is very fitting for coffee cultivation. Much better than coffee in Latin America or Africa.
Other food agricultural products such as vegetables and fruits are also benyak in Java, such as peanuts, green beans, leeks, onions, potatoes, cabbage, turnips, cabbage, beans, carrots, green beans, spinach, cucumber, peppers, eggplant, squash, beans, tomatoes, avocado, citrus, durian, duku, guava, guava, guava bol, pineapple, mango, papaya, banana, brown, bark, apples, grapes, and rambutan. Even in Java are now trying to plant wheat and palm trees. It is not possible if the land on the island of Java, the most used and cultivated for farming then Java could be very rich just from agricultural products.

Borneo - Granary Island energy




But the name of the third largest island in the world is Warunadwipa meaning God of the Sea Islands. Borneo in the news China (T'ai p'ing huan yu chi) is called the Chin shih li p'i. Nusa Kencana "is the name the island of Borneo in the ancient Javanese manuscripts. Malays call Hujung Island Land (P'ulo Chung). Borneo is the name used by the colonial British and Dutch.
In ancient times the foreign merchants come to the island looking for natural commodities such as camphor, candles and bird nest to barter with the high-value ceramic urn in the Dayak community. The Expat Indian and Malay people entering estuaries to look for land cultivation and managed to find the gold and diamond mines in the island.
In Borneo stood Kutai kingdom. Kutai Martadipura is patterned oldest Hindu kingdom in the archipelago. Kutai name has been mentioned since the 4th century (four) on the news Kutai India explicitly mentions the name "Quetaire" as well as the Chinese news abat to 9 (nine) called Kutai as "Kho They" meaning the kingdom large. And at the age of 13 (thirteen) in ancient literature Kertagama State Book compiled by Professor Prapanca written by the term "Tunjung Kute". Kutai past civilization is at the dawn of a milestone in the history of Indonesia.
Now the island of Borneo is one of the granaries of natural resources in Indonesia has several resources that can be used as an energy source, such as coal, oil, gas and extraordinary geothermal.Yang Kalimantan apparently has a lot of uranium deposits that could be used for nuclear power plants. Besides, Kalimantan also has another potential source namely as a provider of botanical or renewable energy. Botanical sources of energy or bioenergy is from CPO plantations. Borneo island is very rich.


Sulawesi Island - iron


Sulawesi name supposedly comes from the word 'Sula' which means island and 'iron'. Sulawesi Island since the first is a producer bessi (iron), so it is not surprising Ussu and around Lake Matana containing iron and Nikkel. In Sulawesi once stood Luwu kingdom which is one of the oldest kingdoms in Sulawesi. Luwu an iron-producing region. Bessi Luwu or Luwu weapon (dagger or kawali) is known for its value, not only in Sulawesi Sulawesi but also outside. In the history of Majapahit, Luwu a tributary region of the kingdom, in addition known as a major supplier of iron into Majapahit, Maluku and others. According to records, since the XIV century Luwu been known as the melting point of iron.
On the island of Sulawesi has also been established Kingdom of Gowa Tallo ever dipuncak glory that radiates from Sombaopu, the capital of the Kingdom of Gowa to the east to the Strait Dobo, to the north to Sulu, to the west to Kutai and south through the Lesser Sunda, outside the island Bali to Marege (northern Australia). It shows power.

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