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Cebu, also called Sugbu, informally referred to as the Rajahnate of Cebu, was an Indianized
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(polity) monarchy on the island of
Cebu Cebu ( ; ), officially the Province of Cebu (; ), is a province of the Philippines located in the Central Visayas region, and consists of a main island and 167 surrounding islands and islets. The coastal zone of Cebu is identified as a ...
in the Philippines prior to the arrival of the
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s. It is known in ancient Chinese records as the nation of Sokbu (束務) (
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) or Suwu (
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).SONG, MING, AND OTHER CHINESE SOURCES ON PHILIPPINES-CHINA RELATIONS
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According to Visayan oral legend, it was founded by
Sri Lumay Sri Rajahmura Lumaya, known in his shortened name Sri Lumay, was the first Rajah and the founder of the Indianized kingdom of historic polity of Cebu. According to the epic '' Aginid, Bayok sa atong Tawarik'', a Bisayan epic story, Sri Lumay ...
Santarita, J. B. (2018). Panyupayana: The Emergence of Hindu Polities in the Pre-Islamic Philippines. Cultural and Civilisational Links Between India and Southeast Asia, 93–105. or Rajamuda Lumaya, a half-Malay and half-Tamil from
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. The capital of Cebu was
Singhapala Singhapala (Baybayin: , , , Old Malay: ''Kota Singapura'') was an ancient fortified city or a region, the capital of the Indianized kingdom of Cebu. The location of this ancient city is what is now the modern Barangay Mabolo in the northern dist ...
which is Tamil-Sanskrit for "Lion City", the same root words with the modern city-state of
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History


Foundation

A kingdom called Suwu was mentioned in the 1225 Chinese Annals, the Zhufan Zhi (諸蕃志), and during the 17th Century this was the same name used for Cebu among Chinese traders to the Philippines thus it is presumed to be the same location. This kingdom was mentioned in association with Boni (
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) wherein it was written: According to Visayan folklore,
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Lumay was a half-
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and half- Malay from Sumatra who settled in the
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, and had several sons. One of his sons was Sri Alho, who ruled a land known as ''Sialo'' which included the present-day towns of
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and Santander in the southern region of Cebu. Sri Ukob ruled a polity known as ''Nahalin'' in the north, which included the present-day towns of
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,
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, Compostela, Danao,
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and Bantayan. He died in battle, fighting with the Muslim
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known as ''magalos'' (literally "destroyers of peace") from
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. The islands they were in were collectively known as ''Pulua Kang Dayang'' or ''Kangdaya'' (literally "
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which belong to Daya"). Sri Lumay was noted for his strict policies in defending against Moro Muslim raiders and slavers from Mindanao. His use of
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tactics to repel invaders gave rise to the name ''Kang Sri Lumayng Sugbu'' (literally "that of Sri Lumay's great fire") to the town, which was later shortened to Sugbu ("scorched earth").


Reign of Sri Bantug

Sri Lumay was succeeded by the youngest of his sons, Sri Bantug, who ruled from a region known as ''
Singhapala Singhapala (Baybayin: , , , Old Malay: ''Kota Singapura'') was an ancient fortified city or a region, the capital of the Indianized kingdom of Cebu. The location of this ancient city is what is now the modern Barangay Mabolo in the northern dist ...
'', which is now
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of Cebu City. He died of disease. Sri Bantug had a brother called Sri Parang who was originally slated to succeed Sri Bantug. But he was a cripple and could not govern his polity because of his infirmity. Parang handed his throne to Sri Bantug's son and his nephew, Sri Humabon (also spelled Sri Hamabar), who became the rajah of Cebu in his stead.


Reign of Rajah Humabon

During
Rajah Humabon Rajah Humabon (also ''Hamabao'' or ''Hamabar'' in other editions of the " First Voyage Around the World") later baptized as Don Carlos Valderrama, was one of the recorded chiefs in historic polity of Cebu who encountered Ferdinand Magellan i ...
's reign, the region had since become an important trading center where agricultural products were bartered. From Japan,
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and
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utensils were usually traded for native goods.
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products, leather, precious and semi-precious stones and ''śarkarā'' (
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) mostly came from
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and
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traders. The harbors of Sugbu (the modern-day Parián district of Cebu) became known colloquially as ''sinibuayang hingpit'' ("the place for trading"), shortened to ''sibu'' or ''sibo'' ("to trade"), from which the modern Castilian name "Cebú" originates. It was also during Humabon's reign that
Lapulapu Lapulapu (floruit, fl. 1521) or Lapu-Lapu, whose name was first recorded as Çilapulapu, was a datu (chief) of Mactan, an island now part of the Philippines. Lapulapu is known for the 1521 Battle of Mactan, where he and his men defeated Spa ...
arrived from
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, and was granted by Humabon the region of Mandawili (now
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), including the island known as Opong or Opon (later known as
Mactan Mactan is a densely populated island located a few kilometers (~1 mile) east of Cebu Island in the Philippines. The island is part of Cebu province and it is divided into the city of Lapu-Lapu and the municipality of Cordova. The island is ...
). First contact with the Spanish also occurred during Humabon's reign, resulting in the death of
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. The phrase ''Kota Raya Kita'' was documented by historian Antonio Pigafetta, to be a warning in the
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language, from a merchant to the rajah and was cited to have meant:
"Have good care, O king, what you do, for these men are those who have conquered Calicut, Malacca, and all India the Greater. If you give them good reception and treat them well, it will be well for you, but if you treat them ill, so much the worse it will be for you, as they have done at Calicut and at Malacca."
In reality, this phrase is that of ''Kota Raya kita'', an indigenous Malay phrase of merchants under the authority of Rajah Humabon, with a meaning in English of: "our capital city": '' Kota (fortress)'', ''Raya'' (great, hence Kotaraya (capital city)), ''kita (we)''.


Diplomacy with other Southeast Asian Kingdoms

Cebu had diplomatic recognition among the other kingdoms of Southeast Asia. When Ferdinand Magellan's expedition landed on the port-kingdom of Cebu; the expedition scribe noted that not long before, an embassy carried by a ship from Siam (
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) arrived at Cebu and paid tribute to Rajah Humabon.


Dependencies of Cebu

Antonio Pigafetta, the expedition scribe, enumerated the towns and dependencies Cebu had. It is notable how the Spanish mispronounced the Tamil "
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" (சிங்கப்பூர்) as "Cingapola".


Battle of Mactan

The
Battle of Mactan The Battle of Mactan (; ) was fought on a beach in Mactan Island (now part of Cebu, Philippines) between Spanish forces led by the Portuguese explorer Ferdinand Magellan along with local allies, and Lapulapu, the chieftain of the island, on th ...
was fought on 27 April 1521 between forces of Rajah Humabon which included the Portuguese explorer
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and
Lapulapu Lapulapu (floruit, fl. 1521) or Lapu-Lapu, whose name was first recorded as Çilapulapu, was a datu (chief) of Mactan, an island now part of the Philippines. Lapulapu is known for the 1521 Battle of Mactan, where he and his men defeated Spa ...
, which resulted in the death of the former himself.


Reign of Rajah Tupas and the Legazpi Expedition

Sri Parang, the limp, also had a young son, Sri Tupas, also known as
Rajah Tupas Rajah Tupas (baptized as Felipe Tupas; 1497 — 1568) was the last Rajah of Cebu in the Pre-Hispanic Indianized polity of Philippines. He was the son of Sri Parang the Limp, and the cousin of Rajah Humabon. He is known to have been baptized un ...
who succeeded Rajah Humabon as king of Cebu. There is linguistic evidence that Cebu tried to preserve its Indian-Malay roots as time wore on since Antonio Pigafetta the scribe of Magellan described Rajah Tupas' father, the brother of Rajah Humabon as a "Bendara" which means "Treasurer" or "Vizier" in Sanskritized MalayTHE GENEALOGY OF HARI' TUPAS: AN ETHNOHISTORY OF CHIEFLY POWER AND HIERARCHY IN SUGBU AS A PROTOSTATE Astrid Sala-Boza
Page 280.
and is a shortening of the word "Bendahara" (भाण्डार) which means "Storage house" in Sanskrit.Becoming Indian: The Unfinished Revolution of Culture and Identity by Pavan K. Varma p.125 The Hindu polity was dissolved during the reign of
Rajah Tupas Rajah Tupas (baptized as Felipe Tupas; 1497 — 1568) was the last Rajah of Cebu in the Pre-Hispanic Indianized polity of Philippines. He was the son of Sri Parang the Limp, and the cousin of Rajah Humabon. He is known to have been baptized un ...
by the forces of conquistador
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in the battle of Cebu during 1565.


Relations with other kingdoms

The rajahs of Cebu were relatives to the rajahs of
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. Thus the monarchies of Cebu and Butuan had relations with each other, as evidenced by the fact that Rajah Colambu of Butuan gave guidance to the Magellan expedition to reach the island of
Cebu Cebu ( ; ), officially the Province of Cebu (; ), is a province of the Philippines located in the Central Visayas region, and consists of a main island and 167 surrounding islands and islets. The coastal zone of Cebu is identified as a ...
. The rajahs of Butuan were descendants of Rajah Kiling, who according to Researcher Eric Casino, were not Visayan in origin but rather, Indian, because Kiling refers to the people of India. The
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(Malay Annals) of the nearby country of Malaysia, point to the similarly worded
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as the immigrant people from India to Southeast Asia. However, Cebu was not at peace with all kingdoms.
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, which was under the influence of
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and would later become the city of
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had an arrogant attitude against Cebuanos and Visayans as the rajah of Maynila who had an Islamic name,
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, ridiculed the Visayans that came and assisted the Legazpi expedition (which also included the Cebuanos) as an easily conquerable people. Fernao Mendes Pinto, among the earlier Portuguese colonists of Southeast Asia, pointed out that there were Muslims and non-Muslims among the inhabitants of the Philippines who fought each other.


Legacy

Indianization, although it was superseded by Hispanization, left markers in the Cebuano language and culture, such as religious practices and common vocabulary words whose origins are from
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and
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. There is also genetic evidence of
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n or Indian Hindu influence in Cebu as according to genetic studies, the people of
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and
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have as much as 10-20% of their genetics taken from
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n admixture.


Social hierarchy

Below the rulers were the
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, the feudal warrior class of the ancient Visayan societies of the Philippines who were regarded as higher than the '' uripon'' (commoners,
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s, and slaves) but below the ''
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'' (royal
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) in the social hierarchy. They were roughly similar to the Tagalog ''
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'' class.


Hindu-Buddhist artifacts

In 1921, Henry Otley Beyer found a crude Buddhist medallion and a copper statue of a Hindu deity,
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, in ancient sites in
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, Palawan and in Mactan, Cebu. The crudeness of the artifacts indicates they were of local reproduction. The icons were destroyed during World War II. However, black and white photographs of these icons survive.


Modern name usage

There have been proposals to rename the current
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region, which is dominated by the Cebuano ethnic group, into Sugbu region, the former name of the region prior to Spanish colonization in the 16th century.


See also

; Related to Cebu polity *
Singhapala Singhapala (Baybayin: , , , Old Malay: ''Kota Singapura'') was an ancient fortified city or a region, the capital of the Indianized kingdom of Cebu. The location of this ancient city is what is now the modern Barangay Mabolo in the northern dist ...
– the ancient capital of the polity of Cebu. *
Battle of Mactan The Battle of Mactan (; ) was fought on a beach in Mactan Island (now part of Cebu, Philippines) between Spanish forces led by the Portuguese explorer Ferdinand Magellan along with local allies, and Lapulapu, the chieftain of the island, on th ...
*
Lapulapu Lapulapu (floruit, fl. 1521) or Lapu-Lapu, whose name was first recorded as Çilapulapu, was a datu (chief) of Mactan, an island now part of the Philippines. Lapulapu is known for the 1521 Battle of Mactan, where he and his men defeated Spa ...
*
Timawa The ''timawa'' were the feudalism, feudal warrior class of the ancient Visayan people, Visayan societies of the Philippines. They were regarded as higher than the ''uripon'' (commoners, serfs, and slaves) but below the ''tumao'' (royal nobility ...
; Other related *
List of India-related topics in the Philippines India and the Philippines have historic ties going back over 3000 years and there are over 150,000 people of Indian origin in Philippines. Iron Age finds in the Philippines also point to the existence of trade between Tamil Nadu in South Indi ...
*
Hinduism in the Philippines Recent archaeological and other evidence suggests Hinduism has had some cultural, economic, political and religious influence in the Philippines. Among these is the 9th century Laguna Copperplate Inscription found in 1989, deciphered in 1992 t ...
*
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*
Pintados Visayans ( Cebuano: ''mga Bisayà'' ) are a Philippine ethnolinguistic family group or metaethnicity native to the Visayas, to the southernmost islands south of Luzon, and to a significant portion of Mindanao. They are composed of numerous di ...


Notes

* https://web.archive.org/web/20110721110617/http://www.nhi.gov.ph/downloads/mp0073.pdf {{DEFAULTSORT:Cebu (historical polity) Former countries in Southeast Asia Former countries in Philippine history Precolonial barangays History of Cebu Hindu states