The Frontline of Sriwijaya
She explained the facts that proved the existence of the largest maritime kingdom in Southeast Asia. The existence of Sriwijaya was very important in the chain of civilization that formed Indonesia.
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South Sumatra Archaeology Center archaeologist Retno Purwanti was photographed in Palembang, South Sumatra, on Sunday (27/10/2019). Retno is an archaeologist who is keen to maintain the collective memory about the Sriwijaya Kingdom in a society that has begun to ignore or forget the history of the maritime kingdom.
When the historical Sriwijaya Kingdom was considered fictitious, a woman from Sleman, Yogyakarta, Retno Purwanti, was at the forefront of refuting that belief. She explained the facts that proved the existence of the largest maritime kingdom in Southeast Asia. The existence of Sriwijaya was very important in the chain of civilization that formed Indonesia.
This woman named Retno Purwanti seeks to maintain a collective memory about Sriwijaya among people who tend to ignore, doubt and even forget the history of the empire that existed from the 7th to 14th centuries. Moreover, lately a number of parties are again doubting the truth of the history of the kingdom whose capital was in Palembang, South Sumatra.