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Srivijaya's Tamil Inscription: A Testament to Tolerance
In this episode, Lucas and Luna explore the remarkable story of the Tamil inscription found at the base of Borobudur, dated to the 9th century. Unlike the narrative of Srivijaya as a purely Buddhist empire, this stone reveals a grant of land and oil for a Hindu temple made by a Srivijaya maharaja. We discuss the inscription's discovery, its content, and what it tells us about the empire's policy of religious pluralism. Was this political pragmatism or genuine piety? How did a Tamil-speaking community come to build a temple at the foot of the world's largest Buddhist monument?…
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