Gosari inscription or Butulan inscription is an inscription dated 1298

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(1376 CE) located in the Butulan cave, limestone mountain region in Gosari village, Ujungpangkah,

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. Unlike other ancient inscription that usually carved on a large monolith stone, this inscriptions was carved on the cave wall. The villagers from surrounding area were already aware of the existence of the inscription for quite a long time, however it was formally reported to local authority in 2004. Since 2005 further study was conducted and concluded that the inscription was connected to the Majapahit kingdom and written during the reign of king

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. Also concluded that the inscription was written about a (knight) named Sang Rama Samadya that inhabit the cave because he was being exiled. Historian suggested that Sang Rama Samadya probably was once an important (knight), a palace courtier or an official in the Majapahit court that was defeated in court politics and lost the favour of the king. As the result he must endured an exile in this cave, and performed ''semadi'' (meditation) probably to pursue spiritual or martial art mastery.

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Gosari inscription has been translated by Luthfi from

Gadjah Mada University Gadjah Mada University ( jv, ꦈꦤꦶꦥ꦳ꦼꦂꦱꦶꦠꦱ꧀ꦓꦗꦃꦩꦢ; id, Universitas Gadjah Mada, abbreviated as UGM) is a Public university, public research university located in Sleman Regency, Sleman, Yogyakarta (special region) ...

with archaeology team from Ministry of Culture and Tourism in 2005. # # # #

Translation

# In the year 1298 (saka, 1376 CE) in Ambal # at that time was inhabit by # # the exiled one

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References

*Kompas. 27 July 2010. '' Prasasti Gosari Terkait Dengan Majapahit''. Kompas Jawa Timur page K Inscriptions in Indonesia 14th-century inscriptions Majapahit Hinduism in Indonesia