According to ''Aginid, Bayok sa atong Tawarik'', a Visayan folk story, prior to the coming of the Spanish conquistadores, rajahnate was the common form of state or government of Cebu island. This rajahnate was established by Sri Lumay (c. 1400 CE.), who was a prince of Chola Dynasty that ruled Sumatra then who settled in Cebu with his son, Sri Alho, they ruled the south known as Sialo which included Valladolid, Carcar, up to Santander.