Roots.sg Presents: The Mythical Origins of Singapura

There are many mysteries surrounding the Kingdom of Singapura.
While legend has it that pre-colonial Singapore was founded by Sang Nila Utama, further archaeological findings have also linked this island to the Majapahit Empire.
Connect the dots as we retrace history to unravel 'The Mythical Origins of Singapura'. #RootsSG

[@gunawankartapranata7948]

1:03 Fascinating.., Majapahit gold.

[@zavierlaviossa8132]

Parameswara (1344 - 1414) or Iskandar Shah (Jawi script: إسكندر شه) was the last king from Singapore who ruled from 1389 to 1398. He fled PALEMBANG (Now Sumatra) after the naval invasion of Majapahit in 1398, and he later established his new fort at the mouth of the Malacca River in 1402. Within a few decades, the new city grew rapidly to become the capital of the Sultanate of Melaka.

[@dore3faso6sido]

1260 - 1330 Yuan Mongol want to conquest SEA kingdoms or pay tribute. Pasai tumasek pay tribute to Yuan Mongol base Marcopolo book. The others kingdom didn't Thats way Yuan Mongol attack Pagan Khmer Viet Cham. Only sukhotai agreed to be vassal Yuan Mongol (same as Dali kingdom) In other side Tamil merchants agree to cooperated and control maritime trade with Yuan Mongol. Parameswara ancestors are tamil who were fled from Palembang to tumasek, since Singosari army come to sumatra 1260 - 1280 ce. Singosari comes to sumatera and others to protected Nusantara from Yuan Mongol (sukhotai) and kicked out tamil merchants. Sukhotai and then ayuthaya become more powerfull then want to control maritime trade. Majapahit army goes to pasai tumasek and Malay peninsula then reached Patani in 1330 - 1350 to defense nusantara from Yuan Mongol and their tribute (sukhotai /ayuthaya) Old Malaka and tumasik Kelantan Patani Brunei Sulu are outpost Majapahit or pay tribute under Majapahit protected. In 1398 ce base Ming shilu book Siam ayuthaya as order from Ming China, attack tumasek and pasai. 1406 ce Malaka Pasai Brunei Sulu kings come to Ming court and agree their kingdom under Ming protected. 1407 ce Admiral cheng ho comes to Majapahit court in east Java to declare Malaka Pasai Brunei Sulu were under Ming protected. Some of Majapahit princes were angry then killed 170 Ming armys. Cheng ho run away to Semarang and started to make civil war in Java. To avoid this situation. Majapahit agreed to let Malaka Pasai Patani Brunei Sulu and others area under Ming protected. History will repeat again. Yuan Mongol use sukhotai Ming China use ayuthaya and Viet. Will RRC use some country to attack again ?

[@faturr]

01:09 Batara Kala, the God of Time in Hindu's. Placed so that an object can be timeless. this carving can also be found in the Temple / Candi usually placed above the Temple's entrance. (CMIIW)

[@ayohatakataha2314]

Ancient Kedah or Kataha displayed few Betara Kala in stone sculptures & similar gold belt with Betara Kala face was found Kuala Muda(1914) could see the eyes clearly,as if they are a set of jewellery or regalia worn by the same ruler but now lock safe at National treasury in National Museum Malaysia without being properly researched.

[@DeihanDzilky]

_MAJAPAHIT POWER!!!_ 👌😊👍

[@kamadonezuko3261]

If you talk about majapahit , you cant forgot about gajah mada

[@jefrilinto8771]

singapore is beatiful country...❤❤❤..

[@MsHantubelau]

This is the first I hear about Kingdom of Singapura. Thank you for introducing it to us. I hope its really there. But I think its more like a settlements. But besides even Bruneian kingdom started from a tiny settlement on the edge of the river/sea so Kingdom of Singapura might exist but sadly might not last long (thats why there is not much monumental monument to show its existence) because of the attacks from the Majapahit kingdom. I really really hope there is a Kingdom of Singapura. That might have been magical.

[@zavierlaviossa8132]

Before majapahit kingdom Tamasek(sgapore) melaka was under power of Srivijaya empire

[@abdulkhafidtirtojoyo4511]

Search [H]ujung Medini or Tumasik in history. Melayu used to say Temasek while Java used to say Tumasik or [H]ujung Medini.

[@balloonmaniacteam9442]

If these you mentioned are not archeological evidence as mentioned many times by the narrator, then what you call them. Magic? Singapore was a civilised town back then under the Malay Sultanate which likely was the Malay Malacca Sultanate, one big empire in the 1400s. Please do not confuse the younger generations.

[@deanbowie3774]

Malay isn't about sultanate, why many Malays no not accept they ancestor are Hindu, Buddha, and animism

[@flappyism]

Why not x-ray underneath it, technology is very advanced nowadays

[@ayohatakataha2314]

The base of Keramat Iskandar Shah is similar to the base of mukha lingga in ancient Kedah,the ancient Malay rulers were under the Tantric or Saivism influences 🙏

[@zavierlaviossa8132]

🤣😂

[@zavierlaviossa8132]

Parameswara (1344 - 1414) atau Iskandar Syah (aksara Jawi: إسكندر شه) adalah raja terakhir dari Singapura yang memerintah dari tahun 1389 sampai 1398. Dia melarikan diri dari PALEMBANG (Now Sumatera) setelah invasi angkatan laut Majapahit pada tahun 1398, dan ia kemudian mendirikan benteng barunya pada muara Sungai Malaka pada tahun 1402. Dalam beberapa dekade, kota baru tersebut tumbuh pesat menjadi ibukota Kesultanan Melaka. U can clamming whatever u want, but u still can't change the fact behind history Lol.

[@nonamesatriapininggit9420]

Entah berapa banyak harta kekayaan Nusantara di ambil penjajah

[@selat767]

should excavate the tomb and reinstate after studies are made of the bones fragment if any

[@yusmanyusof2695]

actually, last king of Singapore (Iskandar Syah) not founding Malacca. Founder of Malacca is Parameswara, a prince from Palembang.

[@bendahara8284]

I wish I can study more about Malay Histories😊

[@DBT1007]

It's so sad to see a society that invaded by foreign people. Singapura used to be Malay state. Now it's Chinese state... Both population and cultural invasion. These Chinese even change the language to be English and Mandarin.. Yeah Malay also official language there, but It should be Malay language only though.. Not just Singapura. But also USA and the whole America continent, Australia, etc.

[@zmc2585]

True

[@jasperteo8443]

Erm hello??? What. There are 4 official languages (English, Malay, Mandarin and Tamil). Malay is still the national langauge, although not everyone can speak Malay. Don't twist your words. All official state crests, national anthem and military orders and decorations are in Malay. But i'm pretty sure many Singaporeans of other ethnicities, not just Malay, use English more than their native tongue.

[@safuwanfauzi5014]

@@jasperteo8443 as Malay, im sick other blame chinese. who kick singapore out from federation. it Tunku. and why not blame thai also who make malay in krabi/ayer kelubi, phuket/tanjung salang, nakhon si thamarat/ligor as minority, why not help 4 malay majority province in thailand to gain indepednent or merger with malaysia as state. why not blame vietnamese about conquring malay cham in central vietnam. malay lost the war with siam and viet so accept the fate, just like chinese lost amur to russia in 1800s and lake baikal in 1600s

[@telmopaz]

Every civilization, country and nation has mingling like this. In America natives conquered others, even removed other people's scalps, raped, etc. This fantasy that only the first tribe reaching some place gets to keep it forever is totally absurd.

[@FatimahAzzahra-ti3ph]

Especially wen getting job must noe mandarin.. But it's ok.. I'm proud late Lee kuan yew can speak Malay and write jawi

[@achmadzainal4563]

Wow Majapahit gold, Malay kingdom dont even have gold left

[@eka-tron]

3:20 This IS the case...the Keramat

[@yusmanyusof2695]

Iskandar syah and parameswara is not a same person.

[@dore3faso6sido]

1260 - 1330 ce Yuan Mongol want to conquest SEA kingdoms or they must pay tribute. Pasai tumasek pay tribute to Yuan Mongol base Marcopolo book. The others kingdom didn't Thats way Yuan Mongol attack Pagan Khmer Viet Cham and Java. Only sukhotai agreed to be vassal from Yuan Mongol (same as Dali kingdom) In other side Tamil merchants agree to cooperated and control maritime trade with Yuan Mongol. Parameswara ancestors are tamil who were kick out from Palembang to tumasek by Singosari army in 1260 - 1290. Singosari army comes to sumatera and others to protected Nusantara from Yuan Mongol (sukhotai) and kicked out tamil merchants. Sukhotai and then ayuthaya become more powerfull as vassal from Yuan Mongol. In 1310 ce, they want to control maritime trade in SEA again. Majapahit reaction and send army to pasai tumasek and Malay peninsula then reached Patani in 1330 - 1350 to defense nusantara from Yuan Mongol and their tribute (sukhotai /ayuthaya) In 1330 - 1390 Majapahit win and control maritime trade in SEA. Thats way we call it Nusantara. The unified of island peoples. Old Malaka, tumasik Kelantan Patani Brunei Sulu are outpost Majapahit or pay tribute under Majapahit protected. In 1398 ce base Ming shilu book Siam ayuthaya as order from Ming China, attack tumasek and pasai. 1406 ce Malaka Pasai Brunei Sulu kings come to Ming court and agree their kingdom under Ming protected. 1407 ce Admiral cheng ho comes to Majapahit court in east Java to declare Malaka Pasai Brunei Sulu were under Ming protected. Some of Majapahit princes were angry then killed 170 Ming armys. Cheng ho run away to Semarang and started to make civil war in Java. To avoid this situation. Majapahit agreed to let Malaka Pasai Patani Brunei Sulu and others area under Ming protected. History will repeat again. Yuan Mongol use sukhotai Ming China use ayuthaya and Viet. Will RRC use some country to attack again ?

[@user-fk6jk4ob2r]

Sec 1 History Textbook see until idk alr

[@zarrinanjum4510]

They tested this for wa history

[@zn8414]

Majapahit is from Indonesia not malay

[@envoguecalifornia]

There wasn't such a country called Indonesia at that time... all islands in the whole maritime archipelago have been called Malay archipelago or Nusantara nor Malaysia as a country either tho!!

[@achmadzainal9415]

@@envoguecalifornia there is no Malay Archipelago until 20th century which British only use this word. Before that Portuguese use Sunda Islands, Lessert Sunda Islands, Java major and Java minor

[@withyou5961]

@@envoguecalifornia the word ‘malay’ itself is actually from British

[@zavierlaviossa8132]

@@envoguecalifornia word malay called by British.. But actually before we on the same Island called "Sundaland" it's including now (Sumatera, malaka, borneo, jawa)

[@mord696]

his word look so obvious , trying to discount the malay kingdom of singapura , even raffles read malay annals before he came to singapore and decide to relocated there from bengkulu , even john miksic has admit some of it were true after his team found the white sand beach that sang nila utama see in malay annals located in padang cricket ground , the archaeological find in singapore is also based on malay annals , you think all by accident without reference is it ? for malays history is entertainment , most myth and legend is based on real event , that has been exaggerated to make it interesting , so the memory of the actual event will be preserve and passed onto generation if the myth has physical evidence it was a history , the majapahit never conquered south east asia theres no physical evidence its a myth by soekarno regime to put the illusions of grandeur for javanese to justify their dominance among other sub ethnic in this region , but that myth and fable you believe ?

[@wartimekillers]

Bro, There’s tons physical evidence and historical writing from different countries mention Majapahit.

[@mord696]

@@wartimekillers tonned ? from where ? the only western record mention majapahit is only odoric de pordenone , the ming dynasty records not even once mention majapahit

[@wartimekillers]

@@mord696 The Chinese historical sources on Majapahit mainly acquired from the chronicles of the Yuan and following Ming dynasty. The Chinese accounts on Majapahit are mainly owed to the Ming admiral Zheng He's reports during the his visit to Majapahit between 1405 and 1432

[@mord696]

@@wartimekillers theres not even once the name majapahit mention in Ming court record called Ming Shi Lu , please dont made up stories They only mention the name Java Kingdom I repeat not even once , the name Majapahit ever mention in Ming Shi Lu Even Acheh and Pahang has name note down Chinese court record is usually details and straightforward

[@wartimekillers]

@@mord696 you're the one who made up stories, Aceh is mentioned as P'o-lu on Chinese records.