Belanjong pillar

The Belanjong pillar, likewise Blanjong column or Blanjong engraving, is a column built up in 914 CE in the harbor of Belanjong, in the southern territory of Sanur in Bali. The column was set up by lord Sri Kesari Warmadewa, the main ruler of the Balinese Warmadewa tradition and bears a long engraving where the ruler depicts his military battle in the island. It is situated in the Belanjong Blanjong Temple, where it is housed under a defensive walled in area, and is regularly embellished and halfway secured with reverential material.

The engraving is composed in both the Indian Sanskrit dialect and Old Balinese dialect, utilizing two contents, the Nagari content and the Old Balinese content which is utilized to compose both Balinese and Sanskrit. The Old Balinese in pre-Nagari content in on one side of the column, while the Sanskrit engraving in Pallava-determined old Javanese content likewise called Kawi script is on the other side. The blend of dialect and content propose that the goal of the engraving was not to impart locally to the Balinese individuals, but instead to be set up as an image of intensity and authority.

The column vouches for the associations of Bali with the Sanjaya Dynasty in Central Java. According to the engraving, Sri Kesari was a Buddhist lord of the Sailendra Dynasty driving a military expedition, to build up a Mahayana Buddhist government in Bali. The engraving additionally tells about the accomplishment of military endeavors of seaward islands, either Nusa Penida or faraway Maluku. This is the principal known engraving in which a Balinese ruler recorded his name.