How Buddhism spread written language around the world
via BBC Culture, 15 January 2020: BBC feature on an exhibition on Buddhist artworks and manuscripts at the British Library ...
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Tag: epigraphy
News reports and information related to Southeast Asian epigraphy and the study of writing and ancient inscriptions.
See: documentary heritage, inscriptions, palm-leaf manuscripts
Was Majapahit really an empire?
via New Mandala, 09 January 2020: Wayan Jarrah Sastrawan surveys epigraphic evidence across the Nusantara to determine the nature of ...
Indonesian Commodities in Medieval Europe
via Medium, 29 December 2019: An interesting summary of Indonesian commodities (spices, mostly) and their mention in 14-15th century European ...
Latest deciphering of the Singapore Stone hints an older age than 700 years
via Mashable SEA, 23 December 2019: The Singapore Stone which was thought to be from the 13th century may be ...
Inscribed stone found in Semarang thought to date to the end of the Majapahit period
via Tempo, 04 December 2019: Old Javanese inscription found in Semarang has the year 1343 on it, which may be ...
Old Mon inscriptions and the Dvāravatī culture
Readers in London may be interested in this presentation at SOAS by Hunter Watson on 30 October.
MMDL – Myanmar Manuscript Digital Library
Just highlighting this resource from the University of Toronto.
Baybayin, an ancient Philippine written script, is making a comeback thanks to millennials
via AFP, South China Morning Post, 01 August 2019: Why is Baybayin, the ancient script of the Philippines, making a ...
Collection of ancient and traditional Indonesian fonts available for download
via Jakarta Post, 14 July 2019: A crowdsourced and crowd-created list of ancient and traditional Indonesian fonts are made freely ...
Figuring out Folds: Conserving a Thai Buddhist manuscript
via the Chester Beatty Museum, 13 June 2019: A piece about conserving Thai manuscripts at the Chester Beatty Museum in ...
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