Śrīvijaya (Palembang)

Śrīvijaya was a maritime Buddhist kingdom of insular Southeast Asia (roughly seventh to twelfth centuries), generally centred on Palembang on Sumatra, in modern Indonesia, and a major centre of Buddhist learning on the sea route between China and India. The Chinese pilgrim Yijing stopped there to study and translate texts; according to the Tibetan tradition, Atiśa later studied for many years under the teacher Dharmakīrtiśrī (Serlingpa) in the Śrīvijaya realm.