Silou

Silou lies in the Simalungun country of northern Sumatra, among the uplands east of Lake Toba. Dolog Silou was one of the traditional Simalungun kingdoms, alongside Siantar, Panei, Raya and other neighboring realms. Its rulers governed communities linked by kinship and local custom, in a landscape where rivers descend from the highlands toward the plains of the Malacca Strait.