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Kedatuan (Old Malay, Philippine, and Sundanese spelling: kadatuan; Javanese romanization: kedaton) were historical semi-independent city-states or principalities throughout ancient Maritime Southeast Asia in the present-day Philippines, Indonesia, and Malaysia. In a modern Indonesian/Malay sense, they could be described as kingdoms or polities.[1] The earliest written record mentioning the term kadatuan was the 7th-century Srivijayan Telaga Batu and Kota Kapur inscription from Sumatra, Indonesia.[2]
- ^ Definition of 'Kedatuan'
- ^ Reynold Sumayku (September 2013). "Sriwijaya: Kadatuan atau Jaringan Pelabuhan". National Geographic Indonesia (in Indonesian). Archived from the original on 11 July 2017. Retrieved 5 March 2015.