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Ma-i

Ma-I
Sovereign state which conducted trade with Brunei, and with the Song and Yuan Dynasties
Before 971 AD–After 1339 AD
(last historical reference)
Capital Under debate.
Possibilities include Bay, Laguna or somewhere on the island of Mindoro
Religion Unknown
(Previously believed to be Buddhism)

Coordinates: 12°55′49″N 121°5′40″E / 12.93028°N 121.09444°E / 12.93028; 121.09444
Government Ancient barangay
History
 •  Established Before 971 AD
 •  Mentioned in a Song Dynasty list of states conducting trade in the south seas 971 AD
 •  Noted by Song Dynasty records as having brought trade goods to the southern chinese coast 982 AD
 •  Described in detail in an account of countries couducting trade with the Tang Dynasty 1339 AD
 •  Disestablished After 1339 AD
(last historical reference)
Currency Barter ("caldrons, pieces of iron, red cloth or taffetas of various color stripes, ivory, and "tint or the like"")
Preceded by
Prehistory of the Philippines
Today part of  Philippines
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Ma-i
Traditional Chinese 麻逸

Coordinates: 12°55′49″N 121°5′40″E / 12.93028°N 121.09444°E / 12.93028; 121.09444

Ma-i or Maidh (also spelled Ma'I, Mai, Ma-yi or Mayi; Baybayin: ᜋᜁ; Chinese: 麻逸; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: má it) was an ancient sovereign state located in what is now the Philippines, notable in Philippine historiography for being the first place in the Philippines ever to be mentioned in any foreign account.

Its existence was first documented in 971 AD, in the Song Dynasty documents known as the History of Song, and it was also mentioned in the 10th century records of the Sultanate of Brunei. Based on these and other mentions until the early 14th century, contemporary scholars believe Ma-i was located either in Bay, Laguna or on the island of Mindoro.

For many years, scholars believed that Ma-i was likely to have been on the island of Mindoro. But recent scholarship casts doubt on this theory, arguing that historical descriptions better match Bay, Laguna (whose name is pronounced Ba-i), which once occupied a large territory on the eastern coasts of Laguna de Bay.


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