The Kedukan Bukit inscription () is an inscription discovered by the Dutchman C.J. Batenburg on 29 November 1920 at Kedukan Bukit, South Sumatra, Dutch East Indies (now Indonesia), on the banks of Tatang River, a tributary of Musi River. It is the oldest surviving specimen of the Malay language, in a form known as Old Malay. It is a small stone of . This inscription is dated 1 May 683 CE. This inscription was written in Pallava script.
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Transliteration LineTransliteration1svasti śrī śaka varṣātīta 605 ekādaśī śukla-2pakṣa vulan vaiśākha ḍapunta hiyaṃ nāyik di3sāmvau maṅalap siddhayātra di saptamī śuklapakṣa4vulan jyeṣṭha ḍapunta hiyaṃ marlapas dari mināṅa5tāmvan mamāva yaṃ vala dua lakṣa daṅan kośa6dua ratus cāra di sāmvau daṅan jālan sarivu7tlu ratus sapulu dua vañakña dātaṃ di mukha upaṃ8sukhacitta di pañcamī śuklapakṣa vulan āsāḍha9laghu mudita dātaṃ marvuat vanua ...10śrīvijaya jaya siddhayātra subhikṣa nityakāla
Modern Common Malay translation
Indonesian translation
English translation
See also
History of Indonesia Kota Kapur Inscription Laguna Copperplate Inscription Talang Tuwo inscription Telaga Batu inscription Timeline of Indonesian history
Notes
Further reading George Coedès, Les inscriptions malaises de Çrivijaya, BEFEO 1930 J.G. de Casparis, Indonesian Palaeography, Leiden (Brill) 1975. Safiah Karim, Tatabahasa Dewan Edisi Baharu, Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka 1993.