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Amoghapasa inscription

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Indonesian inscription
Inscription written on backside of Amoghapasa statue, while the rectangular base is called Padang Roco inscription.

Amoghapasa inscription is an inscription inscribed on the back of pāduka Amoghapāśa as referred to in Padang Roco inscription.

In 1347, Adityawarman added this inscription on back of the statue proclaimed that the statue portrayed himself. Today the inscription is stored in the National Museum of Indonesia in Jakarta with inventory number D.198-6469 (the statue part).

References

  1. Coedès, George (1968). Walter F. Vella (ed.). The Indianized States of Southeast Asia. trans.Susan Brown Cowing. University of Hawaii Press. ISBN 978-0-8248-0368-1.
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