900 ⟶ Laguna Copperplate Inscription: Earliest Known Written Record in the Philippines
The oldest text discovered in the Philippines—an acquittance...
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Indonesia📜 Laguna Copperplate Inscription: Earliest Known Written Record in the Philippines
The oldest text discovered in the Philippines—an acquittance document in Old Javanese—is inscribed on a copperplate in Luzon. The acquittance took place on 21 April 900 and involved several aristocrats and high-ranking officials from kingdoms within the islands of Luzon, Mindanao, and Java. The document is currently called the Laguna copperplate inscription.⟶
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