Pawan River
Pawan River The river is navigable and bandungs ply on the river. Bandung isn't only a transportation means for the people but also a housing unit a sincere they travel long the river course trading along the route in villages on the banks of the river. Historically the Pawan River passed through the Kingdom of Ulu. It has been inferred that the Pawan River basin was under the influence of powerful tribal group of the “Indianised Javanese kingdom of Majapahitâ€, in the 15th century or earlier. Some traders of this group settled here in the valley in the coastal town of Sukadana and subsequently moved up along the river valley for trading in timber and other goods. Marriage alliances between the trading community and the tribal chiefs daughters legitimised the trading practices. From the 16th century onwards, the surrounding area, upstream of the river valley, was under the control of Dayak Kings ; this was a vast area of the "Dayak kingdom" not only in the upper Pa...