Rudra Vikrama (or maybe ''Rudravarman'')
was an 8th-century king of
Srivijaya Kingdom who sent two emissaries to China, first one in 728 CE and the second one in 742 CE.
His name was recorded in the chronicle
New Book of Tang
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(''Xīn Tángshū'') as ''Liu-t'eng-wei-kung'',
and his royal title was ''Ho-mi-to'' which could be the
Sanskrit
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word ''
Amrta'' ("immortal").
During his reign, it was assumed that Srivijaya continued its northern expansion along the
Malacca Strait
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and the southeastern one around the
Sunda Strait
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Etymology
The strait takes its name from the Sunda Kingdom, which ruled the western portion of Ja ...
, to ensure its trade hegemony.
References
Maharajas of Srivijaya
Indonesian Buddhist monarchs
8th-century monarchs in Asia
8th-century Indonesian people
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