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288:"Long ago, the river named Candrabhaga had been dug by a noble Maharaja that have strong and tight arms, Purnawarman, to channel (water) flow to the sea, after the canal flow by his famous royal palace. In the 22nd year of His Majesty King Purnawarman's throne (reign) that shines brightly because of his intelligence and wisdom and has become the royal flag (leader) of all kings (and now) he ordered to dig the river (canal) with beautiful clear water, (the canal) named Gomati, after the canal flow through the middle of the residence of the noble elder (King Purnawarman's grandfather). The project was started in a fortunate day, date 8 half (moon) dark of the citrā asterism of the Phālguna month, and (the project) only took 21 days, with the canal is 6122 bows long. The ceremony was performed by 25: 101: 234:
metrum, consisting of five lines that run around the surface of the stone. Just like other inscriptions from the Tarumanagara kingdom, the Tugu inscriptions do not mention the date of the edict. The date of the inscriptions was estimated and analyzed according to paleographic study which concluded
203:. The inscription contains information about hydraulic projects; the irrigation and water drainage project of the Chandrabhaga river by the order of Rajadirajaguru, and also the water project of the Gomati river by the order of King 246:. The inscription was made during the 22nd year of his reign, to commemorate the completion of the canals of the Gomati and Candrabhaga rivers. On the inscription there is an image of a staff crowned with 207:
in the 22nd year of his reign. The digging project to straighten and widen the river was conducted in order to avoid flooding in the wet season, and as an irrigation project during the dry season.
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bear striking similarity, such as the script "citralaikha" written as "citralekha", leading to the assumption that the writer of these inscriptions was the same person.
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L.Ch. Damais, 1955, "Les Ecritures d’Origine Indienne en Indonesie et dans le Sud-Est Asiatique Continental’, SociĂ©tĂ© des Ă©tudes indochinoises (Saigon),
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In 1911 by the initiative of P. de Roo de la Faille, the Tugu inscription was moved to Museum Bataviaasch genootschap van Kunsten en Wetenschappen (now
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that the inscriptions originated from the mid 5th century. The script of the Tugu inscription and the
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prarabhya phalguna mase khata krsnastami tithau caitra sukla trayodasyam dinais siddhaikavingsakaih
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The Tugu inscription is the longest Tarumanagara inscription pronounced by edict of Sri Maharaja
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pravarddhamane dvavingsad vatsare sri gunau jasa narendradhvajabhutena srimata purnavarmmana
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pura rajadhirajena guruna pinabahuna khata khyatam purim prapya candrabhagarnnavam yayau
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pitamahasya rajarser vvidaryya sibiravanim brahmanair ggo sahasrena prayati krtadaksina
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straight to mark the separation between the beginning and the end of each sentence.
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ayata satsahasrena dhanusamsasatena ca dvavingsena nadi ramya gomati nirmalodaka
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J. Noorduyn and H.Th. Verstappen, 1972, "Purnavarman Riverworks Near Tugu"
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H. Kern, 1910, "Een woord in ‘Sanskrit opschrift van Toegoe verbeterd",
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J.Ph. Vogel, 1914, 1915, "The Earliest Sanskrit Inscriptions of Java"
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inscriptions discovered in Batutumbuh hamlet, Tugu village, Koja,
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N.J. Krom, 1914/1915, "Inventaris der Hindoe-oudheden",
371: 301:C.M. Pleyte, 1905/1906, "Uit Soenda’s Voortijd" 46:but its sources remain unclear because it lacks 16:Tarumanagara inscription near Jakarta, Indonesia 336:F.D.K. Bosch, 1951, "Guru, Drietand en Bron", 346:Selected Studies in Indonesian Archaeology 342:https://doi.org/10.1163/22134379-90002457 77:Learn how and when to remove this message 326:, ‘s-Gravenhage, Martinus Nijhof: 79-81. 155:Batutumbuh hamlet, Tugu village, Koja, 372: 283: 348:, The Hague: Martinus Nijhof: 164ff. 222:The Tugu inscription was written in 18: 292:with 1000 cows given as the gift." 13: 380:Sanskrit inscriptions in Indonesia 253: 14: 431: 191:is one of the early 5th century 99: 23: 420:5th-century Sanskrit literature 324:Hindoe-Javaansche Geschiedenis 1: 295: 410:National Museum of Indonesia 212:National Museum of Indonesia 168:National Museum of Indonesia 107:National Museum of Indonesia 7: 10: 436: 226:, arranged in the form of 217: 405:Inscriptions in Indonesia 177: 163: 151: 143: 129: 121: 113: 98: 93: 385:5th-century inscriptions 32:This article includes a 237:Cidanghyang inscription 61:more precise citations. 340:107 (2-3): 117-134. 105:Tugu inscription in 284:English translation 333:: 28-35; plate 27. 34:list of references 366:XXX(40): 365-382. 322:N.J. Krom, 1931, 185: 184: 147:early 5th century 87: 86: 79: 427: 189:Tugu inscription 164:Present location 103: 94:Tugu inscription 91: 90: 82: 75: 71: 68: 62: 57:this article by 48:inline citations 27: 26: 19: 435: 434: 430: 429: 428: 426: 425: 424: 395:Brahmic scripts 370: 369: 298: 286: 276: 271: 267: 262: 256: 254:Original script 220: 109: 83: 72: 66: 63: 52: 38:related reading 28: 24: 17: 12: 11: 5: 433: 423: 422: 417: 412: 407: 402: 400:Tamil language 397: 392: 387: 382: 368: 367: 360: 349: 334: 327: 320: 313: 306: 297: 294: 285: 282: 255: 252: 224:Pallava script 219: 216: 183: 182: 179: 175: 174: 165: 161: 160: 153: 149: 148: 145: 141: 140: 134:Pallava script 131: 127: 126: 123: 119: 118: 115: 111: 110: 104: 96: 95: 85: 84: 42:external links 31: 29: 22: 15: 9: 6: 4: 3: 2: 432: 421: 418: 416: 415:North Jakarta 413: 411: 408: 406: 403: 401: 398: 396: 393: 391: 388: 386: 383: 381: 378: 377: 375: 365: 361: 358: 354: 350: 347: 343: 339: 335: 332: 328: 325: 321: 318: 314: 311: 307: 304: 300: 299: 293: 291: 281: 279: 274: 270: 265: 260: 251: 249: 245: 240: 238: 233: 229: 225: 215: 213: 208: 206: 202: 198: 197:North Jakarta 194: 190: 180: 176: 173: 169: 166: 162: 158: 157:North Jakarta 154: 150: 146: 142: 139: 135: 132: 128: 124: 120: 116: 112: 108: 102: 97: 92: 89: 81: 78: 70: 60: 56: 50: 49: 43: 39: 35: 30: 21: 20: 390:Tarumanagara 363: 352: 345: 337: 330: 323: 316: 309: 302: 287: 277: 272: 268: 263: 258: 257: 241: 221: 209: 193:Tarumanagara 188: 186: 178:Registration 88: 73: 64: 53:Please help 45: 355:128 (2-3): 319:no. 35: 19. 244:Purnawarman 230:Sloka with 205:Purnawarman 159:, Indonesia 67:August 2020 59:introducing 374:Categories 303:Het Daghet 296:References 152:Discovered 312:LII: 123. 201:Indonesia 305:: 176ff. 290:Brahmins 232:Anustubh 228:Sanskrit 138:Sanskrit 114:Material 357:298-307 248:Trisula 218:Content 172:Jakarta 144:Created 130:Writing 125:1 metre 55:improve 364:BSEI 199:, in 181:D.124 117:Stone 40:, or 338:BKI 317:ROD 310:TBG 187:The 122:Size 353:BKI 331:ROD 280:// 275:// 261:// 136:in 376:: 266:// 170:, 44:, 36:, 359:. 80:) 74:( 69:) 65:( 51:.

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North Jakarta
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Pallava script
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Cidanghyang inscription
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