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Mulavarman

r. c. 400 · 5th century · Also known as Mulawarman

Mulavarman was a king of Kutai in eastern Borneo around the late 4th or early 5th century, the grandson of Kudungga. Seven stone pillars (yupa) found at Muara Kaman record in Sanskrit, in a southern Indian Pallava script, his gifts of thousands of cattle to Brahmins and his Vedic sacrifices. They are the oldest known inscriptions in Indonesia.

Mulavarman
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Kingdom of Kutai

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