| Kedukan Bukit Inscription | |
| Material: | Stone |
| Size: | 45cm×80cmcm (18inches×30inchescm) |
| Language: | Old Malay |
| Writing: | Pallava script |
| Discovered Place: | Kedukan Bukit, South Sumatra, Dutch East Indies (Indonesia) |
| Discovered By: | M. Batenburg |
| Location: | National Museum of Indonesia, Jakarta |
| Registration: | D. 161 |
The Kedukan Bukit inscription is an inscription discovered by the Dutchman C.J. Batenburg[1] 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.[2] It is a small stone of 45cm×80cmcm (18inches×30inchescm). This inscription is dated 1 May 683 CE. This inscription was written in Pallava script.[3] [4] [5]
| Line | Transliteration | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | svasti śrī śaka varṣātīta 605 ekādaśī śukla- | |
| 2 | pakṣa vulan vaiśākha ḍapunta hiyaṃ nāyik di | |
| 3 | sāmvau maṅalap siddhayātra di saptamī śuklapakṣa | |
| 4 | vulan jyeṣṭha ḍapunta hiyaṃ marlapas dari mināṅa | |
| 5 | tāmvan mamāva yaṃ vala dua lakṣa daṅan kośa | |
| 6 | dua ratus cāra di sāmvau daṅan jālan sarivu | |
| 7 | tlu ratus sapulu dua vañakña dātaṃ di mukha upaṃ | |
| 8 | sukhacitta di pañcamī śuklapakṣa vulan āsāḍha | |
| 9 | laghu mudita dātaṃ marvuat vanua ... | |
| 10 | śrīvijaya jaya siddhayātra subhikṣa nityakāla |