350Kutai Kingdom Produces Earliest Known Indonesian Stone Inscriptions

The Kutai Martadipura kingdom in eastern Borneo produced the...
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✍️ Sanskrit and Pallawa Script Introduced to Java

Indian Prince Aji Caka introduces the Sanskrit language and Pallawa script, used to inscribe Javanese words and phrases, to the Indonesian islands.
Sanskrit and Pallawa Script Introduced to Java (78)
LanguageWriting SystemsSanskritCultural Exchange
IndonesiaIndonesia

📜 Kutai Kingdom Produces Earliest Known Indonesian Stone Inscriptions

The Kutai Martadipura kingdom in eastern Borneo produced the earliest known stone inscriptions in Indonesia known as the Mulavarman inscription written in the Sanskrit language using Pallava scripture.
Kutai Kingdom Produces Earliest Known Indonesian Stone Inscriptions (350)
InscriptionsSanskritLanguageWritingMonarchy
IndonesiaIndonesia

📜 Purnavarman's Edicts Recorded in Stone Inscriptions

Several stone inscriptions are made witness to edicts from West Java. Amongst others, the Tugu inscription announces decrees of Tarumanagara#Age_of_Purnawarman" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" class="text-blue-600 hover:underline dark:text-gray-300 dark:underline dark:hover:text-gray-100">Purnavarman, the King of Tarumanagara, one of the earliest Hindu kingdoms of Java. (up until the year 669)
Purnavarman's Edicts Recorded in Stone Inscriptions (450)
InscriptionsPolitical History
IndonesiaIndonesia

👑 Founding of the Kingdom of Kutai Kartanegara

Aji Batara Agung Dewa Sakti founds the Kingdom of Kutai Kartanegara/Sultanate of Kutai in the Tepian Batu or Kutai Lama.
KingdomSultanatePolitical FormationMonarchy
IndonesiaIndonesia

🗺️ Franciscan Friar's Voyage and Description of Majapahit

1330: An Italian Franciscan friar, Mattiussi, visited Sumatra, Java, and Banjarmasin in Borneo. In his record he described the kingdom of Majapahit.
Franciscan Friar's Voyage and Description of Majapahit (1318)
ExplorationMiddle AgesReligious OrdersMajapahitCultural ExchangeTravel Literature
IndonesiaIndonesia

👩 Kartini Born in Jepara

April 21: Kartini was born in Jepara, today the date is commemorated as women's emancipation day in Indonesia.
Kartini Born in Jepara (1879)
Women's RightsSocial ReformEmancipationGender EqualityColonialism
IndonesiaIndonesia