Tuesday, August 11, 2009

Prasasti Kabantenan (English Version)

Prasasti Kabantenan adalah sebuah prasasti bersejarah Indonesia. Prasasti ini terdiri dari lempengan tembaga. Prasasti Kebantenan dibeli oleh Raden Saleh dari penduduk desa Kabantenan, Bekasi. Prasasti ini beraksara dan berbahasa Sunda Kuna, dan sekarang disimpan di Museum Nasional dengan nomor inventaris E.1, E2, E.3, E.4, dan E.5).

Bunyi dari prasasti ini adalah sebagai berikut:

Raja Rahyang Niskala Wastu Kancana sent an order through Hyang Ningrat Kancana to the Susuhunan of Pakuan Pajajaran to take care of dayohan in Jayagiri and Sunda Sembawa.

The king staying in Pakuan, of a sacred estate (tanah devasasana); the borders of which are already established, and that ground must not be distributed because devasana harbors facilitates for worship, which belong to the king. King of Sunda and sanctions of holy construction in Sunda Sembawa, which should be cared for and not being disturbed because the area stipulated is the residential area of the wiku (priests). If anyone dares to enter that area in sunda Sembawa, they are to be killed.

Sri Baduga Maharaja, who is ruling in Pakuan, sanctions a sacred place (tanah devasana) at Gunung (Mount Samya (Rancamaya), the borders of which are already established. Anyone entering was forbidden to disturb this area, and the imposition of taxes and other levies was prohibited because the area contained places of worship, which belonged to the king.

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