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[[File:Minto_stone.jpg|thumb|The so-called Minto stone was {{convert|2|m|ft}} high and weighed 3.8 tons. It was found in "Ngendat" and described by [[Colin Mackenzie]] in 1811-14]]
The '''Minto Stone''' or '''Sangguran Inscription''', known in [[Indonesia]] as '''Prasasti Sangguran''', is a {{convert|3|LT}}, {{convert|2|m|ft}} tall [[epigraphy]] found in [[Malang]], [[East Java]] province. In 1812, [[Sir Thomas Stamford Raffles]], then Lieutenant-Governor of the island of [[Java (island)|Java]], removed it along with the so-called "[[Calcutta Stone]]" as a token of appreciation to his superior, then British Governor-General of India, [[Gilbert Elliot-Murray-Kynynmound, 1st Earl of Minto|Lord Minto]]. It consequently became part of the Minto family estate near [[Hawick]], [[Roxburghshire]], Scotland.

The inscribed stone is dated to (2 August) 928 CE and mentions the name of a Javanese king, Sri Maharaja Rakai Pangkaja Dyah Wawa Sri Wijayalokanamottungga (Wijayaloka<ref>{{cite journal|journal=Verhandelingen van Het Bataviaasch Genootschap van Kunsten en Wetenschappen|volume=60|year=1913| title=Oud-Javaansche Oorkonden. Nagelaten Transscripties|author=Brandes, J.L.A.|pages=12– |url=https://archive.org/stream/verhandelingenv601913bata#page/43/mode/1up/}}</ref>), who then ruled the Malang area. The statement is a grant of rights (''sima'') to the local ruler and it ends with warnings to anyone wanting to uproot it, cursing that they would meet a horrible death (struck from all sides, beaten, nose cut, head split, liver ripped etc.).<ref>{{cite book|author=Noltie, Henry|title=Raffles' Ark Redrawn: Natural History Drawings from the Collection of Sir Thomas Stamford Raffles|pages=19–20|publisher=British Library & Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh|place=London & Edinburgh|year=2009}}</ref> According to Indonesian historians, the stone is an important artifact and a crucial source of information. It contains elements about the [[Mataram Kingdom]] in Central Java and the shift of power that consequently took place to East Java.<ref>{{cite book |last1=van Naerssen |first1=F. H. |last2=de Iongh |first2=R. C. |title=The Economic and Administrative History of Early Indonesia |date=1977 |publisher=E.J. Brill |location=Leiden; Köln |page=55 |url=https://brill.com/display/title/759}}</ref>

Sri Maharaja Rakai Pangkaja Dyah Wawa Sri Wijayalokanamottungga is better known in Indonesia as [[Wawa of Mataram|Dyah Wawa]] (r. 924—929). He was the last ruler of Mataram. His successor, [[Mpu Sindok]] (r. 929—947), moved the court from Central Java to East Java in 929. The reasons for this move are still unclear.

Demands for the repatriation of the stone from Scotland to Java, in Indonesia, have been made since 2004.<ref>{{cite news | url=http://www.thesouthernreporter.co.uk/news/local-headlines/javanese_demand_repatriation_of_minto_s_stone_of_contention_1_98555 | title=Javanese demand repatriation of Minto's stone of contention | newspaper=The Southern Reporter | date= 6 February 2008 | accessdate=2011-02-28}}</ref><ref>{{cite news | url=http://thescotsman.scotsman.com/scotland/Indonesia-demands-historic-stone-back.3739523.jp | title=Indonesia demands historic stone back | newspaper=The Scotsman | date= 4 February 2008 | accessdate=2011-02-28}}</ref> The stone is on private property; it was last photographed in 2011, at which time the repatriation talks were still ongoing.<ref>{{cite journal |title=The Kolkata Stone |journal=The Newsletter (International Institute for Asian Studies) Summer 2016 by International Institute for Asian Studies |date=2016 |page=5 |url=https://issuu.com/iias/docs/iias_nl74_full |language=en}}</ref>

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==Further reading==
*[http://www.kitlv-journals.nl/index.php/btlv/article/viewFile/2729/3490 Bastin, J.], "Colonel [[Colin Mackenzie]] and Javanese antiquities", in ''[[Bijdragen tot de Taal-, Land- en Volkenkunde]]'', 109 (1953), no: 3, Leiden, pp.&nbsp;273–275

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