In the 12th century Si Raja Batak lived in the village called Sianjur Mula-mula, North Sumatera. Although there is no record to trace his original place and how he came to Sianjur Mula-mula Drs. Richard Sinaga, the author of 'Silsilah Marga Batak' (Geneology of Bataknese) in his research colletion found that most probably he escaped from a kingdom located in the eastern part of lake toba - Google Search(Simalungun)or west part of lake Toba (Barus).
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is an ancient city which used to be a famous trading center during Sriwijaya kingdom in the 10th century. It was well known through out the world because of its 'kapur barus' (camphor). In 1024 the Indian kingdom Cola attacked Sriwijaya causing more than 1,500 Tamilnadu people dwelled in Barus. An antrophologist from Madras, Prof. Nilankantisari, was able to read the sanskrit carved in the stone and it stated that there was an establishment of trading union initiated to prevent from trading competition in 1088.
In the Indonesia history literature Si Singamangaraja, XII sisingamangaraja - Google Searchone of the heroic Bataknese king, who fighted against colony died in 1907. As he was the 19th generation of his great grand parents it was estimated that Si Raja Batak came to Sianjur Mula-mula about 1242. The count was calculated from the family tree of Bataknese family document which has been inherited in each family.
According to the study of Bataknese history from various literature Marga Batak (Bataknese surename)can be best described and generated from the following family tree.
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