Tomb of the King of Boni | |
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浡泥国王墓 | |
General information | |
Type | Tomb, spirit way statuary and stelae |
Address | No.9, Weijiu Road of Huacun, southern foot of Mountain Tortoise |
Town or city | Yuhuatai District, Nanjing, Jiangsu province |
Country | China |
Coordinates | 31°58′54″N 118°45′38″E / 31.981722°N 118.760498°E |
Completed | 15th century |
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Simplified Chinese | 浡泥国王墓 | ||||||
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The Tomb of the King of Boni is the tomb of Abdul Majid Hassan (also known as Maharaja Karna, or Ma Na Re Jia Na 麻那惹加那 in Chinese), the ruler of Boni, a medieval state on the island of Borneo sometimes considered to be the predecessor of modern Brunei. It and its associated statuary are located in a park at the southern foothills of Tortoise Mountain (Guishan), about 3km south of the southern gate of the walled city of Nanjing.
The tomb was completed in the early 15th century during the Ming Dynasty, under the reign of the Yongle Emperor. It is one of the only two foreign rulers' tombs in China (the other one being the Tomb of the King of Sulu in Dezhou, Shandong).[1][2] It is an important heritage site under state protection.