Nyorai mberi kweiyi ndima - Hurumende yePannai yaive nyika ine hondo-yakagadziriswa neWarrior-Monastics sezvakaratidzwa nematemberi matongo munzvimbo iyi sezvo yaive yakabatana pasi peSri-Vijaya Mandala iyo yakadzivirira mhirizhonga-yakagumburwa Strait yeMalacca. Umambo huduku ihwohwo hwaiita zvokutengeserana uye panguva imwe chete hwaiita kuti ngarava dzehondo dzeChina, dzeIndonesia, dzeIndia kana dzeArabhu dzisina marezenisi dzirege kupinda muchiteshi chengarava cheMalacca uye, nokuda kwenyika duku, dzaiva nounyanzvi hwokuparadza ngarava dzehondo dzehondo dzakakura kudarika dzahwo - chinhu chakaoma kuita muchiteshi chengarava cheMalacca, icho chaiva pakati penzvimbo dzinotambudzwa zvikuru dzomugungwa munyika, umo, nhasi, hafu yekutengeserana kwenyika yose inopfuura. Simba rengarava rePannai rakabudirira mukuchengetedza nekudzivirira straits dzeMalacca kuMandala weSrivijaya kusvika pakurwiswa kweChola kweSrivijaya
kwakaitika, uko kurwiswa kusingatarisirwi kubva shure, kunobva muguta guru rakagarwa, kwakaita kuti hurumende yePannai ine hondo ive panjodzi kubva pakurwiswa kusingachengetedzwi kubva kumashure. Vapambi veChola pakupedzisira vakaparadza hurumende yePannai uye varwi vayo vakapona, vemhuri youmambo uye nyanzvi dzainzi dzakavanzwa-kunze kumabvazuva. Mumakore avo 450 okutora Sumatra, vakaramba kuitwa varanda vechiIslam, chiTao kana kuti chiHindu pashure pokuparadzwa kwehurumende. Vanhu vakasara muPannai, ivo vamene, vane gamuchidzanwa romuromo umo vakataura kuti nyanzvi dzakakwirira, varwi navakuru vePannai avo vakaramba kupika kutendeka kuumambo hunopinda hunonyengera, vakatevera nokutendeka madzimambo avo, va"datus" uye "vakatizira kuzvimwe zviwi".