Its an awakening call to all of us to understand the true history of our ancestors in this country. Hindus are the First Immigrants to Malaysia - The Lost City of Kota Gelanggi (in Johore) An Research Article by: Dr. Lee Ong Kim PhD; Associate Professor and Head, Policy and Leadership Studies, National Institute of Education, An Institute of Nanyang Technological University. For your reading on a lost piece of Malaysian History. If you repeat a lie often enough, it becomes the truth. The truth will never hurt anyone. Lies, always will. Nothing could be further from the truth. Dr Lee Kam Hing, a former History prof at MU in Singapore Subject: Hindus are the First Immigrants to Malaysia - The Lost City of Kota Gelanggi (in Johore) For those who read about it, you will recall that in 2005, the Malaysian Govt. was excited about accidentally finding an ancient civilization in Johor. This was reported in the various newspapers. There was talk about excavating the huge site to rediscover this civilization. And then, silence! After that, no news at all about this discovery. A number of times I have discussed with friends that there was definitely a cover-up because the authorities did not like what was discovered - something that contradicts what the Govt is trying to claim. So many years passed and now I received this email revealing what I suspected to be true! Read on... A small piece of History for our future generation. Why news that Kota Gelanggi (lost city), touted as earliest civilization in Malay Peninsula, was banned: it was Buddhist! The Johor find of 2005 which was quietly dropped was none other than Kota Gelanggi, lost city reflecting Srivijaya and its Buddhist splendour. They deliberately disregarded it because that would have sidelined the much smaller Malacca Empire and Islam which came some 500 years later. Dr Lee, who is now Star research director,said he was trying his best to highlight Kota Gelanggi, but that the govt killed it off. This is clearly anothercase of covering up the real history of Malaya and fooling youngergenerations into believing our history only began from Malacca 1400… Not only that, they try to show Parameswara as Malay and Muslim, but actually he was Hindu! Hitlers public relations manager, Goebbels, once said, If you repeat a lieoften enough, it becomes the truth.Once again our government wiped out any references to a famous Melaka prince as being Hindu and belonging to the powerful Hindu empire Sri Vijaya. So all of a sudden our museums, school text-books etc. all refer to Parameswara as a Malay prince. What race ruled or did not rule is beside the point. What is important is not butchering history to create your own truths. You cannot change your race even if you convert - Parameswara could have been responsible for Umnos proud heritage of Ketuanan Melayu. If this is what it is based on, there is no Ketuanan Melayu. The lineage of Melaka Sultans is Indian, not Malay. It is no secret that Parameswara was Indian and a Hindu prince. It is clear from records that Parameswara never converted to Islam. He was an Indian Hindu who fled Palembang in Sumatra to eventually found Melaka circa 1400 AD. It was Sri Maharaja who converted himself and the court of Melaka to Islam and, consequently, took on the name Sultan Muhammad Shah sometime after 1435. The most famous Indian Hindu Kings were Raja Chola and his son Rajendra Chola who invaded Southern Thailand, Kedah, Perak, Johor and Sumatra about 1000 AD. This is Raja-raja Chola, the Indian/Hindu kings and not Raja Chulan, a Malay king. But what is really sad is that our children are taught as though Malaysian history suddenly began in 1400 with an Islamic Melaka. We are led to believe that the Indians and Chinese first arrived on the shores of Malaysia in about 1850 as desperate indentured labourers, farmers and miners . Nothing could be further from the truth. The cultural influences of India, in particular and China in South East Asia span over 2,000 years, starting with the arrival from India of the Brahmanical prince/scholar, Aji Saka, in Java in AD78, through to Vietnam, Cambodia (Indo China), Thailand, Burma, Indonesia, Bali, Borneo, Brunei and beyond. The findings at Bujang Valley speak of an ancient Indian/Hindu presence in Kedah. There were Chinese settlements in Pahang and Kelantan around the 13th-14th century and of 12th century in Singapore . An extremely important archeological find that pointed to one of the greatest empires in history - the Raja Chola empire that ruled from the Maldives through India , Sri Lanka and right down to South East Asia, found deep in the jungles of Johor a few years ago, which made headlines in the mainstream newspapers in 2005, suddenly disappeared from the news. The time has arrived for us to record our history as the facts tell us and not as we would like to wish it. The truth will never hurt anyone. Lies, always will . For Further Details, Pls Contact:- Dr. Lee Ong Kim PhD; Associate Professor and Head Policy and Leadership Studies National Institute of Education An Institute of Nanyang Technological University. Address: NIE2-03-54, 1 Nanyang Walk, Singapore 637616. Email:[email protected] Web: nie.edu.sg The Mustard Seed Circle
Posted on: Sat, 15 Mar 2014 01:22:43 +0000