Karang Brahi inscription
E94170
The Karang Brahi inscription is an early stone inscription written in Old Malay that provides important evidence of the language, script, and political culture of early Malay-speaking polities in Southeast Asia.
Statements (42)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Old Malay inscription
ⓘ
epigraphic record ⓘ stone inscription ⓘ |
| associatedCulture | Malay culture ⓘ |
| associatedReligion | Indic-influenced religious milieu ⓘ |
| associatedWithRiver | Batanghari River ⓘ |
| chronology |
early medieval period
ⓘ
early second millennium CE ⓘ |
| containsLexicalItems | early Malay vocabulary ⓘ |
| country | Indonesia ⓘ |
| culturalContext | early Malay-speaking polities ⓘ |
| discipline | epigraphy ⓘ |
| discoveredIn | Karang Brahi ⓘ |
| function |
record of legal or administrative act
ⓘ
record of political authority ⓘ |
| geographicalContext | Southeast Asia ⓘ |
| inscriptionType | royal or official proclamation ⓘ |
| languageFamily | Austronesian languages NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| material | stone ⓘ |
| medium | engraved text ⓘ |
| preservationState | partially weathered ⓘ |
| providesEvidenceFor |
administrative practices in early Malay states
ⓘ
development of Malay language ⓘ early Malay script usage ⓘ history of Old Malay ⓘ political culture of early Malay polities ⓘ |
| region | Sumatra ⓘ |
| researchStatus |
subject of epigraphic study
ⓘ
subject of linguistic analysis ⓘ |
| script | Pallava script ⓘ |
| significance |
evidence for spread of Pallava script in maritime Southeast Asia
ⓘ
key source for reconstructing early Malay political structures ⓘ one of the important early Old Malay inscriptions ⓘ |
| studiedInField |
Malay studies
ⓘ
Southeast Asian history ⓘ historical linguistics ⓘ |
| usedFor |
comparing Old Malay with later Malay
ⓘ
dating development of Old Malay ⓘ mapping early Malay political geography ⓘ |
| writingDirection | left-to-right ⓘ |
| writingSystem | Old Malay ⓘ |
| writingSystemOrigin | South Indian scripts ⓘ |
Referenced by (1)
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