Rekontekstualisasi Penafsiran Pangan Hindu-Buddha Sumatera : Perspektif Etnobotani Historis

Rofi Surya Aryanto (Universitas Gadjah Mada)
Nurul Padilah (Universitas Jambi)
Muhammad Farhan Ramadhan (Universitas Jambi)
Dwi Lani Kiranti (Universitas Jambi)
Stevano Timothy Yehezkiel (Universitas Jambi)
Ilham Budi Asmoro (Universitas Jambi)

Jambura History and Culture Journal
Vol 8, No 2 (2026): Juli

The east coast of Sumatera which is synonymous with swampy areas, if often associated with palm trees, leading to narratives regarding past dietary pattern that suggest sago was a food ingredient already utilized during the Hindu-Buddhis era. The presence of local rice and the use of the term umo around Muarajambi Tmeple Compound at least sugget the possibility of other ingreidentsbeing utilized. This article draws on the results of multidisciplinary research, including ethnobiology-history, biology, and ethnolinguistics. Theses discovering opens up new opportunities for interpretation regarding dietary pattern during the Hinddu-Buddhist era on the east coast of Sumatera