Berikut adalah petikan ringkasan rencana yang saya salinkan daripada emel saya. Rencana ini dikatakan berasal daripada satu pautan dikenali dengan Borneohistory.net. Kesimpulannya mengikut bukti-bukti daripada rekod sejarah China, tiada sebuah kerajaan yang dikenali sebagai Srivijaya di Pulau Sumatera. Sama ada benar atau tidak dakwaan ini, semua penduduk di daerah ini sudah mendapat hidayah dan cahaya Islam dan Insya Allah akan kekal sebegitu selama-lamanya.
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George Coed'es, a famous french scholar in 1918, wrote a paper in french stating the existence of Srivijaya. Since that time, almost everybody agreed with him, and Srivijaya became a permanent kingdom in south Sumatra. He said it was built on the present site Palembang. Many other papers and books have expanded on his theory. Since then, scholars have agreed and included the Kingdom of Srivijaya as part of the history of Southeast Asia.
One person has disputed Coed'es theory. Dr Liam Kelley of the University of Brunei and previously at the University of Hawai'i stated that Sri Vijaya was a person instead of a kingdom, challenging the Sanscript translation. He also states Coedes used information from a researcher, Dr.W.P. Groeneveldt (Coed'es did give credit), who related
