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4. Bujang Valley


           •Hindu-Buddhist                                            •Important


    kingdom that flourished                                         trade centre


      from the fourth to the


      seventh century in the                                              •Status

                     Bujang                           as “rice bowl” of Malaysia a


                      Valley                                     relatively recent



                                                                   phenomenon



      • Chinese Monk I-

    Tsing (I-Ching), who


     traveled to India in

       the 7th century


            to visit the

          University of

        Nalanda, noted


   Bujang Valley at Qie-

       zha (sometimes


     spelled Chieh-Cha

           or Kie-tcha)




     •Bujang Valley


    surveyed in the


          1930s by


    Quaritch-Wales


   (found some 30

            sites in


          the area)
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