The Nusantara archipelago

The Nusantara archipelago is a vast islandic area in the far south eastern part of Asia, mainly most of the islands here are of volcanic active, much of it’s forest are covered with rainforest’s trees, whilst surrounding the islandic area are the pacific ocean and the south china sea. The present day area covered nations namely Myanmar, Thailand, Phillipines, Cambodia, Laos, Vietnam, Malaysia, Indonesia, Singapore and Brunei. These all nations are known as the vast land of the nusantara (home of the austronesian race) back in the late 12th-18th century. The nusantara race are divided into three scholars, mainly the Malay speaking (and it’s brother and sister), the Abugida speaking (mainly Thais, Vietnams, Myanmar and Laos, excluding Cambodia due to the Khmer people’s language actually more similar to the malays than the Abugidas) and the natives (Sakais, Bataks whose face complexion, culture and language are more of the pacific islanders).

A little brief introduction of NUSANTARA (In ancient Nusantara history, source: Wikipedia):

The word Nusantara was taken from an oath by Gajah Mada written on a Javanese old manuscript of "Negarakertagama". Gajah Mada (d. circa 1364) was, according to Javanese old manuscripts, poems and mythology, a famous military leader and prime minister (mahapatih) of the Majapahit Empire, credited with bringing the empire to its peak of glory. He is said to have delivered an oath called Sumpah Palapa, in which he vowed not to eat any food containing spices until he had conquered all of Nusantara.

It is said that it was during Gajah Mada appointment as mahapatih under queen Tribhuwanatunggadewi that Gajah Mada took his famous oath, Sumpah Palapa. The telling of the oath is described in the Pararaton (Book of Kings), an account on Javanese history that dates from the 15th or 16th century:

"Sira Gajah Mada pepatih amungkubumi tan ayun amukita palapa, sira Gajah Mada : Lamun huwus kalah nusantara ingsun amukti palapa, lamun kalah ring Gurun, ring Seram, Tanjungpura, ring Haru, ring Pahang, Dompo, ring Bali, Sunda, Palembang, Tumasik, samana ingsun amukti palapa "

"Gajah Mada, he the prime minister, said he will not taste any spice, said Gajah Mada : As long as I not unify Nusantara, I will not taste any spice. Before I conquer Gurun, Seram, Tanjungpura, Haru, Pahang, Dompo, Bali, Sunda, Palembang, Tumasik, I will never taste any spice." Whilst from forming one big vast archipelago island of Austronesian peoples, all of these region are known as Nusantara.