Contributions

  • Gislén, Lars. - Contributor

Publication

2000 - Brill, Leiden

Language

English

Word Count

55,750 words, Guess

Page Count

223 pages

Identifiers

  • Open LibraryOL6896712M
  • ISBN-109004117598
  • OCLC Control Number43545719
  • Library of Congress Control Number00698548
  • Goodreads3078714

Classifications

  • DDC529/.3/0899922
  • LCCCE61.I5 E17 2000

Description

"Early Javanese Inscriptions puts the study of Indonesian epigraphical dating on a completely new footing, both in terms of speed and reliability of the analytical procedures." "No luni-solar calendrical system can be properly accounted for unless the kind of intercalation (insertion of extra lunar months) is understood. This study examines the early Javanese inscriptions, taking account for the first time of the detailed astronomical information so routinely presented in the texts. A computer analysis, using a program specially developed for the purpose, facilitates confirmation or correction of much of the material. It also makes possible for the first time a description of the intercalation employed in that version of the luni-solar calendar." "Early Javanese Inscriptions may serve as a model for any historian working on complex dating problems. A reliable and, after some practice, easily accessible guide to the calculation of (Javanese) dates."--Jacket.

Subjects

Series Statement

  • Handbook of oriental studies. South-East Asia,

Other Editions

  • Early Javanese inscriptionsBrill2000

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