ANTIQUITIES.
Aneieflt coins.
The following is a translation of fliis inscription,' as ;far as it couli£be
rendered into modern Javan by- the Pcmambdhan of Siimenap. is )
’ “ This is an advice to mankind, whose ignorance arises out; of a covetous
“ desire to obtain.-morc-than they, possess* -iff mankind'were.not t^iheir
“ disposition inclined to-be .covetous .of w.hat others possess, and to- scandal-
“ ize each other,'wherO would.heithense of advice ; when they ,are receiving
“ advice, they have a confidence in doing what is 'right;'but afterwards they
“ follow their natural inclination's. ('.Therefore, oh-lyeilmen' o f the feity3r.be
‘A advised by. this, not to follow rsiichidispositighs, but .to» do what is, requited
** of you by ;the timps and the cUstdipsof the country; ,-and.bp hot singular.”
•' In the .present burial .place, at Gr6sik are' the tombs of several: of the early
Mahometan missionaries, most of them 'of..stone; bearing! inscriptions with
dates* That of Sheik Muldna' Ibrahim is in marble,.. and in good preservation,
having the date 1334 0409. years since)! • Here is salsa the tomg of
Mulana Mach’ribi, who was.antecedentto: JfiraAi?». This has however fallen
Jo decay; and has no legible, inscription.
; : The. entrance to. fche'i^TOgtet^'ii.s thrr^igh s&Kejal sTjttares hnKioshd.be wails
^td gateways, some of them wery ancient, and in the same sWlelof. architecture
as distinguishes those of Majapaliit. On the sid'e^'of the'gateway
leading to the division in which are the most ancient tombs,is a spiaiJi&tQne
.pillar' with the date \l340:upohifc;in relief. Passing on :to-the ..division in
which the family of the regents is interred, .'are also to be,noticed many .relics
-in stone,- brought from some of the Hindu ruins. 'Among these is a'gjgan-
tic toad or.frog, and an oblong .vessel of threefegUong, .having, in relief .the
date 1246. Oil the side of the tomb of the great grandfather of the pvsg^nt
regent, is a Yoni, said to have been brought from Mqj'apdhif, and in this
Mahometan sanctuary serving as' a kneeling or resting plac-e ? tp the tomb.
Similar relics are to be found in other b'arial ^places in.tbe: eastern part, of
the island, most of the chiefs priding themselves upon havjng some rgnpjant
of Majapdhit. At the residence of the regent of Surdbdya are also; .'collected
several curious remains; and in particular a large bath, excavated from
a solid stone about six feet long,
: In the central and eastern districts of Java, ini thf yiginity. of the dilapidated
temples, are found numerous ancient coins i.n brass and copper, exhibiting
various subjectsiin Relief, and invariably .with a h p le in ; fhemiddle feu.’
ithe convenience of stringing them* Those which are represented in the
annexed