Palembang

Palembang is a city on the southern side of the Indonesian island of Sumatra. It is the capital of the Sumatera Selatan province.

The city was once the capital of the ancient, partly Buddhist kingdom of Srivijaya; following the 1025 raid by pirates from the Chola region of southern India it began to gradually decline in importance. Srivajaya's capital eventually moved northward to Jambi-Melayu.

In colonial times, the Dutch gained control of Palembang. Their architectural legacy is still visible.