Karang Brahi

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Karang Brahi is an archaeological site in Sumatra, Indonesia, known for yielding an important early Malay inscription that sheds light on the region’s ancient history and language.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf archaeological site
historical site
stone inscription
archaeologicalFind stone inscription
associatedWith early Malay culture
riverine settlement patterns in Sumatra
continent Asia
country Indonesia
foundAt Karang Brahi NERFINISHED
hasInscriptionType Malay inscription
hasLanguageOfInscription Old Malay NERFINISHED
language Old Malay
locatedIn Jambi Province NERFINISHED
Sumatra NERFINISHED
period early second millennium CE
region central Sumatra NERFINISHED
researchField archaeology
epigraphy
historical linguistics
script Pallava script NERFINISHED
significance early evidence of Malay language
evidence of early Malay-speaking polity in central Sumatra
important source for early Sumatran history
one of the earliest Malay inscriptions from Sumatra
usedFor reconstruction of early Sumatran political history
study of early Malay grammar
study of early Malay vocabulary
writingSystem Pallava script NERFINISHED

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