Samudera

Samudera ( 蘇門答剌 or 須文達那 )

Phonetically "Su-men-da-la" or "Xu-wen-da-na", this represents the northern Sumatran polity of Samudera. For relevant literature, see Gerini (1909; 639-56), Mills (1970; 115-22), Tibbetts (1909; 639-56) and Wang Gungwu (1968 and 1970). For information on further Chinese sources relating to this polity, see Chen, Xie and Lu (1986; 416-18, 1049-50).