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Srivijaya's Lost Library: The Nalanda Copper Plate
In this episode, Lucas and Luna explore a remarkable piece of evidence for Srivijaya's Buddhist patronage and international diplomacy: the Nalanda Copper Plate inscription of 860 CE. Discovered in the ruins of the great Buddhist university of Nalanda in Bihar, India, this copper plate records a grant of four villages by the Pala king Devapala to support a monastery built by a king of Suvarnadvipa, identified as Balaputradewa of Srivijaya. The inscription reveals the close ties between the Sailendra dynasty of Srivijaya and the Pala empire, and sheds light on the flow of Buddhist…
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