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Inscription of Kertarajasa (1305) also known as
King Wijaya, (Sri Kertarajasa,)
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The part of the inscription (on four copper plates) that concerns us deals with the founding of the freehold of Balawi which because being free can not be entered by the servants of its big neighbors Pangkur, Tawan en Tirup. In the front of the third plate the list of servants is given of which here a tentative translation and added is: etc; all these are not allowed to enter the freehold of Balawi (not literally, what is meant is they are not allowed to hold any power) Also where the benefits and taxes are concerned.........
Canka year 1227
King Kertarajasa had his capital at Majapahit in Eastern Java close to Surabaya
...kdi(unfertile) walyan(doctor), widu mangidung(song-singers), sambal, sumbul(police officers), hulun haji(kings slaves-out of misdeeds?-mostly farmers), singgah(slave walking in front of his owner) pawresi(carries the cushions), pawulung-wulung (the dark-blue ones), pujut(enslave-able ethnic group), bondan(slave from Papua? origin), jenggi(black slave), pandak(midget), wwal(dwarf) , wungkuk(hunchback) watek I jro(slaves -to show off the wealth of the owner-) ityewam adi(and so forth) kabeh(everything) tan(not)
See note on Inscriptions in Java
