This article examines a group of ten Indonesian inscriptions citing a range of gāthās, mantras and dhāraṇīs. The texts, contextualized and in some cases read and identified for the first time, underline the pan-Asian character of Buddhism and the integral place the Indonesian archipelago once held in the ancient Buddhist world. The identification of the sources of several of these texts in known Sanskrit scriptures raises the question whether some of these texts, none of which survives as such in the archipelago, were once transmitted there in manuscript form.
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1. Silver foil inscription from Sambas, West Kalimantan 141 Text 142 Analysis 146 2. Stone inscription of Batu Bedil in Lampung 150 3. Gold foil from sector Segaran IIA at Batujaya, West Java 155 4. Gold foil from the Nan Han period "Cirebon" shipwreck, coast of West Java 157 5. Gold and silver foils from Candi Plaosan Lor, Central Java 159 6. Two mandala stakes (klla) from Central Java 166 7. Inscriptions with the mantra taki hum jah 177 8. Bronze image of Vairocana at the Metropolitan Museum of Art 180 9. Clay sealings from Bali 181 10. A gold foil from Pura Pagulingan on Bali 183 Conclusion 185 Bibliography 187
