| 3rd century | reference in Chinese document to Pu-luo-chung, or "island at the end of a peninsula" |
| 1320 | Emissaries of Mongol court travel to Long Yamen (Dragon's Tooth Strait) --possibly Keppel Harbor -- to obtain elephants |
| c. 1330 | Wang Dayuan writes that Chinese had settled at main settlement, Pancur (spring). |
| 1365 | Javanese Nagarakretagama refers to Singapore as as Temasek, or Sea Town. |
| 1500 | By this time the Sanskrit name, Singapura (Lion City), commonly used. |
| c. 1500 | Siam (modern Thailand) and the Java-based Majapahit Empire struggle for control of Malay Peninsula. |
Based in part upon Singapore-based site.
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