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What is the name of the 7th-century Old Malay stone inscription found near Palembang that repudiates a rebellion and is the earliest known written text in the Malay language?

The Kedukan Bukit inscription, dated 683 CE, records a military expedition by Dapunta Hyang of Srivijaya and demonstrates that Malay was already used as an official written language over 1,300 years ago.

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