Namayan
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Namayan (Baybayin: Pre-Kudlit: ᜈᜋᜌ or ᜐᜉ (Sapa), Post-Kudlit: ᜈᜋᜌᜈ᜔), also called Sapa,[6] Maysapan, and sometimes Lamayan,[7] was an independent indigenous[2]: 193 polity[8][9] on the banks of the Pasig River in the Philippines. It is believed to have achieved its peak in 1175,[10] and to have gone into decline sometime in the 13th century,[11] although it continued to be inhabited until the arrival of European colonizers in the 1570s.[2]
Namayan ᜈᜋᜌᜈ᜔ (Baybayin) | |||||||||
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before 1175–1571 | |||||||||
Status | Precolonial barangay[2] under the house[1] of Lakan Tagkan[2]: 193 Personal union with Tondo through the traditional lineage of Kalangitan and Bagtas (Legendary antiquity)[3] | ||||||||
Capital | Namayan, Mandaluyong or Maysapan | ||||||||
Common languages | Old Tagalog, Old Malay | ||||||||
Government | Feudalism under barangay state led by the house of Lakan Tagkan[1][2][4] | ||||||||
History | |||||||||
• Established | before 1175 | ||||||||
• Conquest by Spain | 1571 | ||||||||
Currency | Piloncitos and gold rings[5] | ||||||||
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Today part of | Philippines |
Formed by a confederation of barangays,[1] it was one of several polities on the Pasig River just prior to the Spanish colonization of the Philippines, alongside Tondo, Maynila, and Cainta.[2][3]
Archeological findings in Santa Ana have produced the oldest evidence of continuous habitation among the Pasig River polities, pre-dating artifacts found within the historical sites of Maynila and Tondo.[6][11][Notes 1]