Short Inscriptions from Tjandi Plaosan-Lor

Short Inscriptions from Tjandi Plaosan-Lor – The large complex of Tjandi Plaosan near Prambanan, Central Java, has yielded not only a lengthy, but badly preserved, inscription in Prae-Nagari script and small gold plate inscribed with a buddhist dharani but also a great number of small inscriptions. A small stone fragment bearing the inscription anumoda sang is reported to have been deposited in the collection of inscribed stones in the Djakarta Museum but disappeard afterwards In 1925, a second inscription was discovered in the neighbourhood if the southern fence of the temple compounds. In 1940, when systemtical excavations of some of the hall small buildings surrounding the main temples were undertaken, two more inscriptions were discovered.

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During the period from 1941 to 1947 and the following years these excavations were continued and an amazing number of small inscriptions was brought to light. A report in these inscriptions with provisional transcripts was prepared by Soehamir and placed at the present writers disposal. As a few more inscriptions have since been discovered and partial reconstructions were performed on the small buildings, it was necessary to revise the results. The present author had the opportunity to visit the Plaosan complex in July 1952 and August 1953, where, assisted by those in charge of the excavations, firther material could be collected.

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