Buni culture

Buni culture appears on the timeline as a people or culture of Java and Eastern Indonesia (Southeast Asia) from c. 400 BCE to 500 CE, a span of 899 years. Its people spoke Austronesian languages (Malay, Javanese, Cham, Tagalog, Malagasy, Polynesian, Maori).

A coastal culture of north-west Java known for burials with clay pottery, beads and gold, some showing contact with India by the early centuries CE.

See Buni culture on the interactive timeline

Facts

Dates: c. 400 BCE to 500 CE
Duration: 899 years
Type: People or culture
Region: Java and Eastern Indonesia, Southeast Asia
Language family: Austronesian

Events in Southeast Asia during its time

111 BCE Han conquest of Nanyue
40 Trung sisters' revolt

Neighbours in Southeast Asia

Champa c. 192 to 1832 CE
Pyu city-states c. 200 BCE to 1050 CE
Second Chinese domination 43 to 544 CE
Funan c. 68 to 550 CE
First Chinese domination (Han) 111 BCE to 40 CE
Langkasuka c. 100 to 1400 CE
Kutai Martadipura c. 350 to 1605 CE
Van Lang c. 700 to 258 BCE
Tarumanagara c. 358 to 669 CE
Nanyue (Nam Viet) 204 to 111 BCE

Elsewhere in the world at the same time

Byzantine Empire 395 to 1453 CE, Europe
Byzantine Empire 395 to 1453 CE, Middle East
Ghana Empire (Wagadu) c. 300 to 1200 CE, North and West Africa
Kingdom of Aksum c. 100 to 940 CE, North and West Africa
Moche (Mochica) c. 100 to 800 CE, South America
Carthage c. 814 to 146 BCE, North and West Africa
Teotihuacan c. 100 BCE to 550 CE, Mesoamerica and Caribbean
Tiwanaku c. 400 to 1000 CE, South America
Roman Republic 509 to 27 BCE, Europe
Parthian Empire 247 BCE to 224 CE, Middle East

Questions

When did Buni culture exist?

c. 400 BCE to 500 CE, about 899 years. These dates are approximate, because the evidence for its beginning or end is uncertain.

Where was Buni culture?

Java and Eastern Indonesia, in Southeast Asia.

What language did Buni culture speak?

Austronesian. This family includes Malay, Javanese, Cham, Tagalog, Malagasy, Polynesian, Maori.