Martapura

Martapura lies inland on the river that joins the Barito near Banjarmasin in southern Borneo. It became a residence of the Banjar sultans after the court shifted upstream from the coast. The town was closely associated with Islamic learning, while the river connected its rulers and scholars with the commercial port downstream. Forest products and pepper moved along the same waterways toward the Java Sea.

The later city of Banjarbaru lies here.