Owing to the lack of sufficient archaeological investigation in the past,the early history of Sarawak is almost unknown.However,since 1948 extensive and systematic archaeological work has been carried out in Sarawak by the Sarawak museum.as results hindu and Buddha figures and gold ornament have been found predominantly in the Sarawak in the Sarawak river basin.The pagan bidayuh (land bidayuh) in Kuching and samarahan division,by the name of their god jewata(hindu deva )show that at one time they were likely brought into intimate contact with the hindus from india (hence,the above evidence suggested that sarawak might have been visited and probably settled down by the indians or by the javanese HIndus .Gold had been long worked in the area extending from upper sarawak(bau)south westward to sambas and montrado in west borneo (kalimantan barat indonesia).Its seemed that borneo gold was known in the days of the great indian trading expedition and,therefore its had been considered be an important metal in the ancient world.althought the history of sarawak goes as far back as 40,000 years ago to the stone age with the earliest sign of man in the famous Niah Cave in miri division,very little is being wrriten on sarawak before the arrival of sir james brooke in 1839.Archaeological and other related works indicated that a small scale of barter trading prior to the 6thcentury A.D.in Borneo grew together to a large scale traffic with both china and siam(thailand)by the 12thy and 13th century and ,in sarawak,at the area around santubong as early as the 11 century .there is sufficient evidence to indicate that sarawak river delta was an important trading centre that was established as early as in 7th century A.D
