Sikin Pasangan

[RhysMichael]

Originally Posted by Bill Marsh

I REALLY like the designs on the scabbard. The language looks like it could have roots in Tamil.

I wonder if the Achenese had trade with India. Looks like they traded with about everyone else!

It is believed that there is a long history of trade with India. Hindu and Buddist influence from India may have reached Aceh as early as the first century from

First International Conference of Aceh and Indian Ocean Studies was held by the Asia Research Institute, National University of Singapore Eehabilitation and Construction Executing Agency for Aceh and Nias (BRR), Banda Aceh, Indonesia in February 2007. I am hoping in the second they will have more on the early history of Aceh

you can find the proceedings of that conference here
http://www.ari.nus.edu.sg/events_cat...=6&eventid=539

And there are several people here who have sent me a good bit of information on Aceh that I am sure will chime in soon.