Editing Langkasuka (section)

===Outline of Langkasuka's history===
A brief outline of the history of Langkasuka can be determined from the limited historical records available. The kingdom is thought to have been founded some time early in the 2nd century AD. It then underwent a period of decline due to the expansion of [[Kingdom of Funan|Funan]] in the early 3rd century. In the 6th century it experienced a resurgence and began to send emissaries to China. King [[Bhagadatta (Langkasuka)|Bhagadatta]] first established relations with China in 515 AD, with further emissaries sent in 523, 531 and 568.<ref name="crossroads"/> By the 8th century it had probably come under the control of the rising [[Srivijaya]] empire.<ref name="dougald"/> In 1025 it was attacked by the armies of King [[Rajendra Chola I]] in his [[South-East Asia campaign of Rajendra Chola I|campaign against Srivijaya]]. In the 12th century, Langkasuka was a tributary to Srivijaya. The kingdom declined and how it ended is unclear with several theories being put up.

The ''Pasai Annals'' mentioned that Langkasuka was destroyed around 1370.<ref>{{cite journal |url=https://suvarnabhumi.psu.ac.th/tudb/newspic/articles_file16395510812024-04-3017_43_24.pdf |title=Langkasuka The Island of Asoka|first= W. |last=Linehan |journal=Journal of the Malayan Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society |date= April 1948| volume=21 |number= 1 |pages= 119-123|jstor=41560480 }}</ref> Some believed that Langkasuka remained under the control and influence of the [[Srivijaya empire|Srivijaya Empire]] until the 14th century when it was conquered by the [[Majapahit Empire]]. Langkasuka was probably conquered by [[Patani Kingdom|Pattani]] as it ceased to exist by the 15th-century. Several historians contest this and believe that Langkasuka survived up to the 1470s. The areas of the kingdom that were not under the direct rule of Pattani is thought to have embraced Islam along with Kedah in 1474.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Kamalakaran |first=Ajay |date=2022-03-12 |title=The mystery of an ancient Hindu-Buddhist kingdom in Malay Peninsula |url=https://scroll.in/magazine/1019293/the-mystery-of-an-ancient-hindu-buddhist-kingdom-in-malay-peninsula |access-date=2023-07-08 |website=Scroll.in |language=en-US}}</ref>