8th Century
| Year | Date | Event |
|---|---|---|
| 718 | Sri Indravarman King of Srivijaya send a letter to the Caliph Umar bin Abdul Aziz of the Umayyad Caliphate in Damascus, signing early ancient Indonesian official contact with Islamic world in the Middle East. | |
| 732 | The Sanjaya dynasty is founded around this time according to the Canggal inscription. | |
| 752 | The Hindu Medang (Mataram) kingdom flourishes and declines. (to 1045) | |
| 760 | The construction of Borobudur started. | |
| 770's to 780's | Java launched series of naval raids on ports of Dai Viet, Champa and Cambodia; Sontay in Tonkin (767); Nha Trang (774); captured Indrapura in Cambodia (770); Phan Rang (787). The naval raids was probably launched by Sailendran-Srivijayan Maharaja Dharmasetu or Dharanindra. | |
| 778 | Kalasan temple constructed according to Kalasan inscription. | |
| 792 | The Manjusrigrha (Sewu) temple is completed according to Manjusrigrha inscription. | |
| 800 | The agriculturally-based Buddhist Sailendra kingdom flourishes and declines. (to 832) |
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