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Rajahnate of Cebu Sugbu | |||||||||
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c.1400–1565 | |||||||||
Capital | Singhapala[1] (Modern Mabolo district in Cebu City) | ||||||||
Common languages | Old Cebuano, Old Malay, Middle Tamil | ||||||||
Religion | Syncretic form of Hinduism, Buddhism and Animism (see also Polytheism) Roman Catholicism (since 1521) | ||||||||
Rajah | |||||||||
• 1521 | Rajah Humabon | ||||||||
• 1521–1565[2] | Rajah Tupas (last) | ||||||||
History | |||||||||
• Established | c.1400 | ||||||||
• Disestablished | 4 June 1565 | ||||||||
Currency | Barter | ||||||||
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The Rajahnate of Cebu or Cebu, also called Sugbu, was an Indianized Raja monarchy Mandala (polity) on the island of Cebu[3] in the Philippines prior to the arrival of the Spanish conquistadors. It is known in ancient Chinese records as the nation of Sokbu (束務) (Hokkien) or Suwu (Mandarin).[4] According to Visayan oral legend, it was founded by Sri Lumay[3] or Rajamuda Lumaya, a minor prince of the Tamil Chola dynasty.[3] He was sent by the Chola emperor from southern India to establish a base for expeditionary forces, but he rebelled and established his own independent polity.[5] The capital of the nation was Singhapala[6] which is Tamil-Sanskrit[7] for "Lion City", the same root words with the modern city-state of Singapore.
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