Luzon") by Fr. Ángel Pérez.

However, the written dates go earlier since Raja Makatunaw was recorded in the 1082 Chinese texts to have been as a descendant of Seri Maharaja. As an elaboration, the scholar J. Carrol points to a Sarawakian people in his article: "The Word Bisaya in the Philippines and Borneo" (1960) thinks there might be indirect evidence in the possible affinity between the Visayans and Melanaos as he speculates that Makatunao is