the History of Indonesia or more precisely of the Indonesian archipelago in South East Asia with 17,508 islands goes back to Homo erectus (popularly known as the "Java Man"). There have been found fossilized remains _of about one million years Zago.WMNOUNNG nanan Austronesian people, who form the majority of the modern population, came to South East Asia from Taiwan. Th arrived in Indonesia around 2000 BCE. The na‘ Melanesian peoples went to the far eastern regions. agricultural conditions were very good. When wet-field ric cultivation was developed as early as the eighth century B villages and towns developed, and small kingdoms began flourish by the first century CE. Indonesia's sea-lane positi helped with management of international trade, where with both Indian kingdoms and China already o:c. several centuries BCE. Therefore, trade fh fundamentally shaped Indonesian histoa Indonesian Literature e SAM KOK5. Ph ra Aphaimani PE bs isa romani pre written inverse + by 91 most famous and po alee a of Thailand lt imaginary. tale of int gue, and adventure, 3% cts some ideas of the oS eopletowards the Eu uropeans © st century: There is a0 English translation in concise form by one Prem Chaya.