India and Indonesia’s historical links go beyond geography, weaving together centuries of trade, religion, and cultural ...

Malacca played a major role in the diffusion of Islam in Southeast Asia, and the Malay language became a lingua franca in the region. In the early 16 th century, Malacca was described in many foreign ...

[Photo/China Daily] KUALA LUMPUR — Wang Lin, a tourist from Hangzhou, Zhejiang province, marveled at the artifacts in the Cheng Ho Cultural Museum in Malacca, Malaysia, where the stories of ...

‘Whoever is Lord in Malacca, has his hand on the throat of Venice’, wrote a European traveller during the period of the city's greatest glory. G.P. Dartford brings us back to a time when Malacca ...

His grave was opened on two occasions, once for transfer of his remains to Malacca and again some months ... In the age of empire, “every year a sizeable number of Jesuits would write to the ...