singaporebefore1819part2

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You gain interest in the book and continue flipping its pages. There you start to discover more about Singapore. "Singapura became a great city, to which foreigners arrive in great numbers so that the fame of the city andits greatness spread throughout the world. Batara, the ruler of the Majapahit Kindom heard that Singapura was a great city. He ordered his war-chiefs to have a fleet made ready for an attack on Singapura. A great battle started. Many were killed and the ground flowed with blood but in the end, the local forces succeeded in driving the Javanese away." "Wow, I never knew so much about Singapura," you gasp in amazement. "I did not even know that Singapore was a thriving port before it was founded before 1819."This information is very valuable. You then proceed to consult your uncle' a local historian about your peculiar discovery."That's right! However, many of my colleagues have been wondering if this is really true," your uncle tells you. "Let me ask you then, do you think that those records actually took place?" You stare at him, dumbfounded. "Well there is also another legend as stated in the Malay Annals about a stone called the Singapore stone. This is how the story goes, 'there was once a war chief in Singapura called Badang. One day he caught a demon and spared its life. The demon was so greatful that it gave him a gift of great strength. In Kalinga, India, a king had heard about Badang and ordered a strong man to go and compete with him. He asked the strong man to give Badang seven ships f goods if he won the contest. However, if Badang lost, he would have to give seven ships of equal value for the strong man to return to Kalinga.  In Singapura several contests of strength were held and Badang won every match. Then, the Kalinga strong man made one last match. They found an enormous stone called the Singapore Stone. Whoever could lift the stone higher, whoever won the match. The dtrong man could only lift it up to his knees but Badang lifted the stone and flung it so far that it landed on the far bank of the singapore river.' media type="youtube" key="8x4lBBnXceM?version=3" height="390" width="640" align="center"



The Singapore stone was a gigantic monolith with 50 lines of ancient inscriptions found at the mouth of the Singapore river in 1819, and that is another evidence that there was Singapore before 1819. The inscriptions were hard to decipher,m some believed that they were Javanese words while others believed that they were of Sandstone language. The anecdote in the Sejarah Melayu I told you about explained how the monolith appeared at the mouth of the Singapore river. Sadly, it was destroyed by the British in attempt to futher extend Fort Fullerton. "What more evidence is there that there was life before Singapore?" you ask yourself. click here to continue your journey