Karang Brahi inscription
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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.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Karang Brahi inscription canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T720301 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Karang Brahi inscription Context triple: [Old Malay, notableInscription, Karang Brahi inscription]
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A.
Talang Tuwo inscription
The Talang Tuwo inscription is a 7th-century Srivijayan stone inscription written in Old Malay that records a royal decree establishing a sacred park and expressing Buddhist-inspired wishes for the welfare of all beings.
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B.
Kedukan Bukit inscription
The Kedukan Bukit inscription is an early 7th-century stone inscription from Sumatra that provides one of the oldest written records of the Srivijaya kingdom and the Old Malay language.
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C.
Kalasan inscription
The Kalasan inscription is an 8th-century stone inscription from Central Java that records a royal dedication to the Buddhist goddess Tara and provides key evidence about the early Medang (Mataram) Kingdom and its religious architecture.
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D.
Anjukladang inscription
The Anjukladang inscription is an ancient Javanese stone inscription commemorating a 10th-century victory and land grant during the era of the Medang Kingdom in East Java.
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E.
Canggal inscription
The Canggal inscription is an early 8th-century Sanskrit stone inscription from Central Java that records the establishment of a Shivaic lingam and provides one of the earliest written attestations of the Medang (Mataram) Kingdom.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Karang Brahi inscription Target entity description: 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.
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A.
Talang Tuwo inscription
The Talang Tuwo inscription is a 7th-century Srivijayan stone inscription written in Old Malay that records a royal decree establishing a sacred park and expressing Buddhist-inspired wishes for the welfare of all beings.
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B.
Kedukan Bukit inscription
The Kedukan Bukit inscription is an early 7th-century stone inscription from Sumatra that provides one of the oldest written records of the Srivijaya kingdom and the Old Malay language.
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C.
Kalasan inscription
The Kalasan inscription is an 8th-century stone inscription from Central Java that records a royal dedication to the Buddhist goddess Tara and provides key evidence about the early Medang (Mataram) Kingdom and its religious architecture.
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D.
Anjukladang inscription
The Anjukladang inscription is an ancient Javanese stone inscription commemorating a 10th-century victory and land grant during the era of the Medang Kingdom in East Java.
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E.
Canggal inscription
The Canggal inscription is an early 8th-century Sanskrit stone inscription from Central Java that records the establishment of a Shivaic lingam and provides one of the earliest written attestations of the Medang (Mataram) Kingdom.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (42)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Old Malay inscription
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epigraphic record ⓘ stone inscription ⓘ |
| associatedCulture | Malay culture ⓘ |
| associatedReligion | Indic-influenced religious milieu ⓘ |
| associatedWithRiver | Batanghari River ⓘ |
| chronology |
early medieval period
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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
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record of political authority ⓘ |
| geographicalContext | Southeast Asia ⓘ |
| inscriptionType | royal or official proclamation ⓘ |
| languageFamily | Austronesian languages ⓘ |
| material | stone ⓘ |
| medium | engraved text ⓘ |
| preservationState | partially weathered ⓘ |
| providesEvidenceFor |
administrative practices in early Malay states
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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
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subject of linguistic analysis ⓘ |
| script | Pallava script ⓘ |
| significance |
evidence for spread of Pallava script in maritime Southeast Asia
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key source for reconstructing early Malay political structures ⓘ one of the important early Old Malay inscriptions ⓘ |
| studiedInField |
Malay studies
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Southeast Asian history ⓘ historical linguistics ⓘ |
| usedFor |
comparing Old Malay with later Malay
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dating development of Old Malay ⓘ mapping early Malay political geography ⓘ |
| writingDirection | left-to-right ⓘ |
| writingSystem | Old Malay ⓘ |
| writingSystemOrigin | South Indian scripts ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Subject: Karang Brahi inscription Description of subject: 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.
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