Beruas (alternative spelling: Bruas) is a small town and
mukim
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in
Manjung District,
Perak
Perak (; Perak Malay: ''Peghok'') is a States and federal territories of Malaysia, state of Malaysia on the west coast of the Malay Peninsula. Perak has land borders with the Malaysian states of Kedah to the north, Penang to the northwest, Kel ...
,
Malaysia
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.
Name
Beruas is named for a local mangosteen-like tree, ''
Garcinia hombroniana'', the "seashore mangosteen", called in the local Malay dialect ''pokok bruas'', which bears fruit called ''buah bruas''.
File:Fruit tree of Garcinia hombroniana.JPG, ''Bruas'' tree
File:Garcinia hombroniana.JPG, ''Bruas'' fruit
History
In ancient times, before the area was known as Perak, there was a Hindu kingdom named
Gangga Negara with its capital in Beruas. Gangga Negara is mentioned in the
Malay Annals
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(Sejarah Melayu) and the kingdom covered present day Beruas,
Dinding and
Manjung
The Manjung District, formerly known as Dindings, is a list of districts in Malaysia, district in the south-western part of the state of Perak, Malaysia. It is the List of districts in Malaysia, 26th-most populated district in Malaysia. It is ...
in Perak. The kingdom is believed to have been founded by Raja Ganjil Sarjuna of
Kedah
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, or the
Khmer royalty, around the second century CE.
Raja Gangga Shah Johan was among the kings. The kingdom collapsed after an attack by King
Rajendra Chola I
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of the southern Indian
Chola empire
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around year 1025.
Beruas museum
The museum is open to the public with free entry. It is located in the town centre next to the post office building. Artefacts dating back to the 5th and 6th centuries CE have been found at Beruas, and a large number of them are displayed in the
Beruas Museum.
See also
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History of Hinduism
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Ganganagar
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Everest
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References
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Archaeological sites in Malaysia
Manjung District
Mukims of Perak
Towns in Perak