Kalasan inscription

Kalasan inscription
Kalasan inscription, displayed at National Museum of Indonesia, Jakarta
MaterialAndesite stone
WritingPranagari script in Sanskrit
Created700 Saka (778 CE)
DiscoveredKalasan village, Sleman Regency, Yogyakarta, Indonesia
Present locationNational Museum of Indonesia, Jakarta
RegistrationD.147
The Kalasan inscription is linked with the construction of Kalasan temple

The Kalasan inscription is an inscription dated 700 Saka (778 CE),[1]: 88–89  discovered in Kalasan village, Sleman Regency, Yogyakarta, Indonesia. The inscription was written in Sanskrit with Pranagari script (Northern India). This is the first inscription discovered in Indonesia that mentioned the dynastic name of Sailendra as Sailendravamça.

  1. ^ Coedès, George (1968). Walter F. Vella (ed.). The Indianized States of Southeast Asia. trans.Susan Brown Cowing. University of Hawaii Press. ISBN 978-0-8248-0368-1.