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Batanghari (Indonesian: Kabupaten Batang Hari, literally "Stick of the Day Regency")is a regency of Jambi Province in Sumatra, Indonesia.It originally covered a wider area, but on 4 October 1999 this was split between a new Muaro Jambi Regency in the east (surrounding the city of Jambi) and a reduced Batang Hari Regency in the west, which now covers an area of 5,804.83 km 2.
The Batang Hari (Indonesian: Sungai Batanghari) is the longest river in Sumatra island, [4] Indonesia, about 600 kilometres (370 mi) northwest of the capital Jakarta. [ 5 ] Hydrology
Name Image Location Criteria Year Description; Sukur Cultural Landscape: Adamawa. Cultural (iii) (v) (vi) 1999 The Sukur Cultural Landscape, with the Palace of the Hidi (Chief) on a hill dominating the villages below, the terraced fields and their sacred symbols, and the extensive remains of a former flourishing iron industry, is a remarkably intact physical expression of a society and its ...
The inscription was discovered in 1911 near the source of the Batanghari River, Padangroco. [1] The inscription was carved on four sides of rectangular-shaped stone is served as the base of the Amoghapasa statue. On the back side of the statue carved inscription called Amoghapasa inscription dated from a later period in 1347 CE(NBG 1911: 129, 20e).
The history of Nigeria can be traced to the earliest inhabitants whose date remains at least 13,000 BC through the early civilizations such as the Nok culture which began around 1500 BC. Numerous ancient African civilizations settled in the region that is known today as Nigeria, such as the Kingdom of Nri, [1] the Benin Kingdom, [2] and the Oyo ...
Image credits: Vachon, John,, 1914-1975,, photographer To prove his theory, Maxwell photographed a tartan ribbon three times using red, green, and blue filters. He then projected the three images ...
When Jambi Province was created in 1957, it comprised three regencies - Kerinci (renamed from South Pesisir Regency on 19 March 1956), Batanghari and Bungo Tebo - as well as the independent city of Jambi City.
The dynasty was based on the Batanghari river system, initially centered in Muaro Jambi, and considered as the successor state of Srivijaya. In the later period, the kingdom's capital shifted inland upstream from Batanghari to Dharmasraya , and later moved further inland to Pagaruyung in present-day West Sumatra province.