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Malay language, such as those related   Having a shoot.... all the world  establishment of new cities. In contrast   His Majesty the King rides
 to religion, philosophy, and new social   O God the Lord, the Lord of all  to Islamic inscriptions that contain a Sufi   in the boat to make earnings on the
 systems. 3  dimension, the Sriwijaya inscriptions   seventh day
 Put in Paradise, our Lord. 4  were greatly influenced by Hindu-
 The Munye Tujoh inscription in Pasai is            In the light of the moon in the Jyesta
 an interesting illustration in this respect.   From this inscription it appears that Arab-  Buddhist traditions in which the king was   month, He
 It is an inscription on the tombstone of a   Islamic words and expressionsdominate.   believed to be an incarnation of the gods.
 princess dated Friday Dhu al-Hijjah 14,   The following terms clearly showArab-  Here is a quote from the Kedukan Bukit   Departed from the Estuary of...
 1389 A.H. or 791 A.D.It reads as follows:  Islamic influence: “Hijrah Nabi” (the   inscription from the Sriwijaya period,   Tamban bringing an army of twenty
 Prophet’s migration), “Dzulhijjah” (the   which was written in Pallawa script and
 Hijrat nabi mungstapa yang   month of the pilgrimage), “Rahmat Allah”   dated 605 Caka = 683 AD:  thousand
 prasaddha
 (Divine blessing), and “Ilahi ya Rabbi” (O   swasti sri warsatita 605 su  Men ... two hundred in numberswere
 Tujuh ratus asta puluh savarssa  God the Lord). Malay words of Sanskrit   suklapaksa wulan waisakha dapunta   employed in the boat
 Hajji catur dan dasa vara sukra  origin are also still used next toArabic   hyang nayk di  Men who came walkingwere one
 expressions, though those Malay words              thousand three hundred and twelve in
 Raja iman (varda) rahmatallah  are closer to the Malay language of the   samwan manalap siddhayatra di   number
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 Gutra bha(ru)bha sa(ng) mpu hak   following centuries.  The text shows   saptami suklapaksa
 kadah pase ma  that the influence of Sanskrit had been   wulan jyesta dapunta hyang marlapas   Came to greet the King with joy
 declining and that it was being replaced           The fifth day of the bright...
 Tarukk tasih tanah samuha  dari minanga
 by Arab-Islamic languages. This process
 Ilahi ya rabbi tuhan samuha  continued to strengthen in line with the   tamwan manawa yang wala dua laksa   Then made the kingdom of...
 emergence of Islam in the socio-political   dangang-ko  Sriwijaya victorious, happy, and
 Taruh dalam svargga tuhan tatuha
 and intellectual discourses in various   dua ratus sapulu dua wanyaknya   prosperous. 6
 The translation of the upajati poetry is as   regions of Indonesia.  datang di mata ya
 follows:                                        In relation to archaeological evidence from
 The migration of the Chosen Prophet,   The Munye Tujoh inscription differs from   sukhan tita di pancami suklapaksa   the Samudera Pasai period, the older
 who passed away   the Kedukan Bukit inscription of the   wulang...  Trengganu inscription from 1303 is also
 Kingdom of Sriwijaya because the latter         note worthy. This inscription was written in
 Seven hundred and eighty-one years  uses the Sanskrit language and Pallawa   laghu mudita dalam marwuat wanua...  Jawi script and it is the earliest evidence of

 Dzulhijjah fourteen, Friday  script. Similarly, unlike the Munye Tujoh   sriwijaya siddhayatra shubuksa....  the use of Jawi script and also shows the
 inscription that belongs to the religious       gradual decrease of the use of Sanskrit
 The believer King (varda) God’s grace  domain, the inscriptions of the Sriwijaya   The translation is roughly as follows:  elements in Malaya it also contains
 Barubha family possess the rights,   era generally record key events, such   Peace be upon you! In 605 Saka day  elements of early Islam. The inscription
 Kedah and Pasai  as the opening of new regencies or the   Eleventh in the moonlit of Waishaka  consists of a rectangular stone written on



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