The Journal of the Siam Society Vol. LXIV, Part 1-2, 1976 - Khamkoo

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geographical information in the story is that the Queen got to a place
called Koh Nang, and this island, I am told, is in the Singora Inland Sea.
So the whole story might have been a Singora legend that somehow found
its way into the Chronicles of Nakorn. Singora has not come into the
limelight to any great extent in the writings on Southeast Asia, but
obviously the Inland Sea played animportantroleinthestoryofthepast
because of its fine anchorage.
back to ancient times.
Archaeological remains from there go
1378 A.D. According to Eredia, Pahang, controlling Singapore, sent
a mission to China. In the Chinese records of the same period, Wang
Tayuan recorded a Thai defeat in trying to take Singapore, while the
Sejarah Melayu admits a Javanese victory. Wheatley thinks the event
recorded in the Malay chronicle happened in the reigns of Sri Pikrama
Wira of Singapore (possibly c. 1347-62) and Hayam Wuruk of Majapabit
(1350-89). On pages 115-7 of bis book he gives an amusing account of
the episode from the chronicle, but it is too long to quote here.
1403 A.D. The Chinese envoy, Yin Ching, visited Malacca and
leaves an impression of a prosperous chiefdom nominally subject to
Siam.
1405 A.D. Malacca sent an envoy to China and the Emperor
appointed Parameswara as King of Malacca. Four years later the settlement
was raised by imperial degree to the status of a kingdom. Ayudhia,
however, continued to send expeditions against Malacca, the last
recorded one being as late as in the reign of King Trailokanath { 1449-
87). Malacca itself fell to the Portugese in 1511 A.D.
This ends the evidence, and we now come to Wolters' The. Fall of
Srivljaya in Malay History. I have not collected all the records, and
what I have collected is probably not very accurate, but the picture
seems clear enough. When Chandrabanu left the peninsula, Sri Vijaya
was left without a maharaja. The Thai filled the vacuum by land and
the Javanese by sea. The conflict between the two enabled Malacca to
~vt itself up. By ~reat ~ood 1\Icl< tpe