PEMBACAAN ANGKA TAHUN PRASASTI SIRAH KẼTING DAN KAITANNYA DENGAN TOKOH ŚRĪ JAYAWARSA DIGWIJAYA ŚASTRAPRABHU

• Main Author: Churmatin Nasoichah
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Balai Arkeologi Jawa Barat 2017-06-01
• Series: Pubawidya: Jurnal Penelitian dan Pengembangan Arkeologi
• Subjects: sirah kĕting inscription, date built, śrī jayawarsa digwijaya śastraprabhu, mṛwak inscription
• Online Access: http://purbawidya.kemdikbud.go.id/index.php/jurnal/article/view/190

The purpose of this paper is to know the exact age for Sirah Kĕting Inscription and its relation with Śrī Jayawarsa Digwijaya Śastraprabhu. The assessment was done by using inductive-deductive reasoning which moves from the facts on the field and then ends with a conclusion. In reading the Sirah Kĕting Inscription were found in the Ponorogo area, East Java, there are two different opinions in chanting year number. According to J.L.A. Brandes and W.F. Stutterheim readings, Sirah Kĕting Inscription was built on 1026 Śaka, while according to the Louis-Charles Damais readings, Sirah Kĕting Inscription was built on 1126 Śaka. From some of the results of the comparison can be concluded that the date Sirah Kĕting Inscription was built in 1126 Saka (1204 AD), the reading means agree with Louis-Charles Damais. Related to the Śrī Jayawarsa Digwijaya Śastraprabhu figure, is a king who has an autonomous kingdom (power) located in the region of Madiun and Ponorogo, East Java and is the grandson of Dharmmawangsa Tguh.