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Historian Ranjit Singh Malhi has lauded the announcement of the discovery of the largest Buddhist temple structure in Bukit Choras, Yan, Kedah, which is believed to date back 1,200 years.

He told Malaysiakini that the discovery by the National Heritage Department and Universiti Sains Malaysia's Global Archaeology Research Centre (GARC) offered more concrete evidence of the Malay Peninsula’s history...

https://www.malaysiakini.com/news/680268

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"More importantly, these discoveries shall enable us to review historical events written by the western historians," he said.

https://www.nst.com.my/news/nation/2023/...-back-1200

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Nasha said based on preliminary research, there is a similarity between the temple architecture in Bukit Choras and that of the temples in West Java and Sumatra, raising questions about the cultural relationship between Kedah Tua and other sites in South-East Asia.

“We found two human-sized structures made out of stucco... and the discovery of stucco has not been reported in the Bujang Valley but only in Sumatra and Java,” he said yesterday.

The Pallava dynasty, which flourished around the 6th to 8th century AD, introduced its writing to South-East Asia, resulting in many communities using modified versions of the script such as the Kawi used by the Balinese, Bugis, Javanese and Sundanese, Lanna, Tham and Khom of Thailand, the Pyu in Burma, the Khmer in Cambodia and the Cham in Vietnam.

https://www.thestar.com.my/news/nation/2...va-dynasty