The break-up of Funan during the seventh century and the turmoil affecting China during the eighth century left the field clear for political entities located in southeastern Sumatra, where Srīwijaya took the upper hand over Melayu (Jambi) between 671 and 685. As late as 644–645, Melayu dispatched an embassy to China. During his second visit to the east coast of Sumatra, the Chinese pilgrim Yijing noted that “Moluoyou is now Shilifoshi [Srīwijaya].” The 683 inscription of Kedukan Bukit (Palembang, capital of the state) mentions the departure of the army of Srīwijaya, probably toward Melayu (Mahdi 2008: 118). In addition, the king of Srīwijaya may have launched a naval expedition toward Java (Kulke 2001: 302), a testimony to politico-economic and perhaps religious rivalry (western Java being Vishnuite and Srīwijaya Buddhist).