Did you know that the name of a 2nd century Malay kingdom — Langkasuka — was considered as a name of a country that achieved independence on August 31, 1957?
See page 46 and 47 of Early Mapping of Southeast Asia by Thomas Suarez for more information.
If the name had been adopted, many more people would probably realize that Malay and Malaysian history go all the way back beyond the 15th and the 16th century Malacca.
