Editing Sulawesi (section)

===Hindu-Buddhist era===
{{see also | Hinduism in Southeast Asia | Buddhism in Southeast Asia | Hinduism in Indonesia | Buddhism in Indonesia | Greater India | Mandala (political model) }}

A bronze [[Amaravati art|Amaravathi]] statue was discovered at [[Sikendeng]], South Sulawesi near [[Karama River|Karama river]] in 1921 which was dated to 2nd–7th century AD by Bosch (1933).<ref>{{Cite book|last1=O'Connor|first1=Sue|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=8Dl7DwAAQBAJ&q=Amaravati+Buddha+statue+found+in+southern+Sulawesi&pg=PA5|title=The Archaeology of Sulawesi: Current Research on the Pleistocene to the Historic Period|last2=Bulbeck|first2=David|last3=Meyer|first3=Juliet|date=2018-11-14|publisher=ANU Press|isbn=978-1-76046-257-4|language=en}}</ref> In 1975, small locally made Buddhist statues from 10th-11th century were also discovered in Bontoharu, on the island of [[Selayar Islands|Selayar]], South Sulawesi.<ref>I. A. Caldwell, M. Nur</ref>

Starting in the 13th century, access to prestige trade goods and to sources of iron started to alter long-standing cultural patterns and to permit ambitious individuals to build larger political units. It is not known why these two ingredients appeared together; one was perhaps the product of the other.

In 1367, several identified polities located on the island were mentioned in the Javanese manuscript [[Nagarakretagama]] dated from the [[Majapahit]] period. Canto 14 mentioned polities including Gowa, Makassar, [[Luwu]] and Banggai. It seems that by the 14th century, polities in the island were connected in an archipelagic maritime trading network, centered in the Majapahit port in East Java. By 1400, a number of nascent agricultural principalities had arisen in the western Cenrana valley, as well as on the south coast and on the west coast near modern Parepare.<ref>Caldwell, I.A. 1988. 'South Sulawesi A.D. 1300–1600: Ten Bugis texts.' PhD thesis, The Australian National University; Bougas, W. 1998. 'Bantayan: An early Makassarese kingdom 1200 -1600 AD. ''Archipel'' 55: 83–123; Caldwell, I. and W.A. Bougas 2004. 'The early history of Binamu and Bangkala, South Sulawesi.' ''Bijdragen tot de Taal-, Land- en Volkenkunde'' 64: 456–510; Druce, S. 2005. 'The lands west of the lake: The history of Ajattappareng, South Sulawesi, AD 1200 to 1600.' PhD thesis, the University of Hull.</ref>