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- The Bujang Valley (Malay: Lembah Bujang) is a sprawling historical complex and has an area of approximately 224 square kilometres (86 sq mi) situated near Merbok, Kedah, between Gunung Jerai in the north and Muda River in the south. It is the richest archaeological area in Malaysia. These archaeological remains show that there was a Buddhist polity here. In Sanskrit the term bhujanga refer to serpent, thus the name itself is roughly translated into "Serpent Valley". The area consists of ruins that may date more than 2,535 years old. More than fifty ancient pagoda temples, called candi (pronounced as "chandi"), have also been unearthed. The most impressive and well-preserved of these is located in Pengkalan Bujang, Merbok. The Bujang Valley Archaeological Museum is also located that known as Sungai Batu, excavations have revealed jetty remains, iron-smelting sites, and a clay brick monument dating back to AD 110, making it the oldest man-made structure to be recorded in Southeast Asia. The local rulers adopted Hindu-Buddhist Indian cultural and political models earlier than those of Kutai in eastern Borneo, in southern Celebes or Tarumanegara in western Java, where remains showing Indian influence have been found dating from the early 5th century. Relics found in the Bujang Valley are now on display at the archaeological museum. Items include inscribed stone caskets and tablets, metal tools and ornaments, ceramics, pottery, and Hindu icons. For the past two decades, students from universities around Malaysia have been invited for research and have done their graduate works at the Valley. Much of the historical links is still vague considering not many of the scriptures and writings survive. Even the temples did not survive the onslaught of age because their wooden roofing has rotted and withered over the past 1,200 years. The museum itself is inadequate and not organised, much of the findings are elsewhere scattered from Museum Negara to Singapore (which once formed a part of Malaysia). Folk stories and oral history also provide place for a magnificent kingdom of jewels and gold. Outside peninsular and insular Southeast Asia, oral history in India suggests the presence of golden chariots and jewels in hidden caves at Bujang Valley and Mount Jerai. Some visitors to the antiquity department at Muzium Negara has eyewitness accounts of magnificent objects such as a 10-feet-tall Raja Bersiung Throne and various idols and items from the Valley. In 2013, it was reported that, a 1,200-year-old Hindu Temple at the site, identified as Candi No. 11, had been demolished by a land developer. Candi 11 was one of the most ancient of the Old Kedah kingdom and was amongst 17 registered candi. In the face of public criticism, the Kedah State Government sought to deflect blame by claiming that it was powerless to do anything because the land was privately owned and further, that the site had not been gazetted as a historical site. After the controversy, the Tourism and Heritage Ministry has agreed to consider gazetting the Bujang Valley as heritage site Before the 1970s, the research in Bujang Valley was done by western archaeologists, the most prominent ones include H.G. Quaritch Wales, Dorothy Wales, and Alastair Lamb. After the 1970s, local archaeologists were trained to continue the research, excavations and reconstructions of sites were done by National University of Malaysia and University of Malaya in collaboration with National Museum. The most prominent local archaeologist who did research in the Bujang Valley was Nik Hassan Shuhaimi Nik Abdul Rahman who wrote and publish countless books and articles on this topic. He introduced a periodisation of the history of Bujang Valley as well as a theory which explains about the process of indigenisation of the Indian Culture which formed the socio-economic make up of the polity. Other earlier local archaeologist who significantly contributed to the research of Bujang Valley include from Leong Sau Heng, Mohd Supian Sabtu, Kamarudin Zakaria, and Zulkifli Jaafar. After 2008, The Centre for Global Archaeological Research (CGAR) from University Sains Malaysia, led by Mohd Mokhtar Saidin explored a new archaeological complex which reveals dozens of new sites, said to be dated from 2nd CE. The Bujang Valley is currently in the process of being nominated by Malaysia into the UNESCO World Heritage List since 2013. In 2017, the government announced that they will make more research and conservation efforts in the valley to preserve its outstanding universal value. The site's inclusion to the world heritage list is backed by diplomats from India, Indonesia, Thailand, Cambodia, Vietnam, Singapore, the Philippines, Timor-Leste, Bangladesh, Japan, Bhutan, Nepal, Myanmar, Laos, Brunei, Papua New Guinea, Maldives, and Sri Lanka. (en)
- Das Bujang-Tal (Lembah Bujang) gilt als bedeutendste archäologische Ausgrabungsstätte Malaysias. Es liegt rund 10 Kilometer nordwestlich der Großstadt Sungai Petani im Bundesstaat Kedah, nahe der Kleinstadt Merbok und unweit der Grenze zu Thailand. Der 1.206 Meter hohe sagenumwobene Berg erhebt sich etwa 5 Kilometer nordnordöstlich des Tals. Zu den archäologischen Funden Bujangs zählen alte „Kandi“-Grabtempel (anderswo Stupa genannt), etwa der Candi Bukit Batu Pahat und Statuen indischer Gottheiten sowie andere Fundstücke, die das Bestehen eines hinduistisch-buddhistischen Königreiches beweisen, das bis ins 4. Jahrhundert zurückreicht. Kürzlich wurde eine Eisengießerei ausgegraben, die sogar vor Christi Geburt entstand.Die südindische Pallavadynastie strahlte im ersten Jahrtausend stark in den malaysisch-indonesischen Raum ab, auf dem malaysischen Festland auf Kedah und .Im 7. Jahrhundert wurde das Gebiet Teil des buddhistischen Srivijayareichs von Sumatra. Es erreichte seine Blüte im 10. Jahrhundert. Hinduistische Einflüsse kamen zu dieser Zeit aus dem tamilischen Chola-Reich. Im Archäologischen Museum des Tals sind Funde ausgestellt. (de)
- La vallée de Bujang, en malais Lembah Bujang, se trouve près de la ville de Merbok dans l'État de Kedah en Malaisie. Bordée par le mont Jerai au nord et la rivière Muda au sud, elle est le lieu d'un site archéologique qui s'étend sur 224 km2, actuellement le plus riche de Malaisie. On y a trouvé les vestiges de plus de cinquante temples, appelés candi. Les plus importants et les mieux préservés se trouvent à Pengkalan Bayang Merbok. On estime que la vallée était le siège d'un royaume hindou-bouddhique aux alentours de l'an 300 apr. J.-C.
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* Portail de l’archéologie (fr)
- Lembah Bujang adalah sebuah susunan batu dan pelataran yang diklaim sebagai bekas peninggalan sebuah candi di kawasan situs purbakala Lembah Bujang, yang mana juga diklaim sebagai peninggalan kerajaan Kedah, walaupun tidak didasari dengan bukti otentik apapun. Kompleks susunan batu Lembah Bujang adalah satu-satunya kawasan yang diklaim sebagai peninggalan purbakala yang ditemukan di Malaysia. Konstruksi utamanya adalah susunan batu di Bukit Batu Pahat. Sisa konstruksi yang ditemukan hanyalah berupa tangga dan batur yang membentuk susunan batu yang diklaim sebagai bekas bangunan dengan sebagian tubuhnya. Dibagian depannya terdapat susunan pelataran batu. Ditemukannya umpak-umpak batu tempat mencanangkan tiang kayu di bagian pelataran menunjukkan bahwa bagian dari susunan batu ini yang diperkirakan merupakan bekas bangunan kayu yang telah lama lapuk dan musnah sehingga tidak ditemukan sisanya. (in)
- 布央谷（馬來語：Lembah Bujang）位于马来西亚吉打州双溪大年市镇附近。这里曾经是古老马来王国三佛齐遗址，四周遍布历史遗迹，是考古学家在马来西亚考古的热门地。早在布央谷最少提前100年至公元3世纪出现。布央谷考古博物馆展出的许多古代文物，有陶器、石器以及一些各种材质的珠子。 (zh)
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