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Srivijaya's Lost Library: What Was on the Pagaruyung Copper Leaves
In this episode, Lucas and Luna explore one of the most tantalizing mysteries of the Srivijayan world: the copper-leaf manuscripts found at Pagaruyung in the Minangkabau highlands of Sumatra. These inscribed copper plates, known as the Pagaruyung Copper Leaves, date from the 12th to 14th centuries and contain snippets of Buddhist texts in Sanskrit, Old Malay, and even Tamil. Lucas explains how these fragile texts survived the tropical climate, what they reveal about the spread of Vajrayana Buddhism in Sumatra, and why scholars believe they were part of a larger monastic library that has since…
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