I couldn't agree more, Kai Wee.
When you read the history of the empus (Silsilah Empu Tanah Jawa) you find mention of various of them wandering all over the place.
Then you've got all those Bugis traders and the people they carried with them, including Australian Aboriginal people back to Sulawesi.
Then there's the trade that from Majapahit times reached as far as Southern India.
The modern country borders are a false construct. I personally like to think of this entire area as maritime south east Asia.
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