Kedukan Bukit inscription
Inscripción de Kedukan Bukit
- Date
- 1 de mayo de 683 · confidence high
- Place
- Palembang, South Sumatra, Indonesia
- Credited to
- C.J. Batenburg
- Field
- Cosmos & Earth
What was discovered
683 CE stone inscription found at Kedukan Bukit, Sumatra, the oldest surviving record of the Old Malay language, written in Pallava script.
What it led to
- Key evidence for the origin and expansion of the Srivijaya empire
- Studies of Old Malay and its linguistic evolution
- Boost to Southeast Asian epigraphy
- Recognition of Palembang as the center of the Srivijaya kingdom