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Inscription at Ngantang (1135)(Java)
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Taken from: Egbert Heemen: Verhandelingen van het Bataviaasch Genootschap....1913
Part of the stone is shown in this picture; I do not know if it includes the part we are concerned with
The text on the front side starts with:
Caka 1057 (AD 1135) Pracasti in which by Cri.. .. (long name) concerning the area of Hantang, acknowledges and enhances the granted rights of the former king who is buried in Gajapada, and the one buried in Nagapuspa, because they remained faithful in a for the king difficult moment.
no translation is available for the rest of the text. The part here concerned is on line 22 of the back.
sambal sumbul (police officers) hulun haji(kings slaves-out of misdeeds?-mostly farmers) jenggi(balck slave) singgah(slave walking in front of his owner) mabrsi(carries the cushions) watek i jro(slaves -to show off the wealth of the owner-) ityaiwamadi (and so forth) kabeh (everything) / tkaring sukha (pleasant) duhkha(unpleasant) kadyang(as like)(ganing ma) yang
See Note on Inscriptions in Java
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