Minto Stone

In 1812, Sir Thomas Stamford Raffles, then Lieutenant-Governor of the island of Java, removed it along with the so-called "Calcutta Stone" as a token of appreciation to his superior, then British Governor-General of India, Lord Minto.

The inscribed stone is dated to (2 August) 928 CE and mentions the name of a Javanese king, Sri Maharaja Rakai Pangkaja Dyah Wawa Sri Wijayalokanamottungga (Wijayaloka[1]), who then ruled the Malang area.

The statement is a grant of rights (sima) to the local ruler and it ends with warnings to anyone wanting to uproot it, cursing that they would meet a horrible death (struck from all sides, beaten, nose cut, head split, liver ripped etc.).

[2] According to Indonesian historians, the stone is an important artifact and a crucial source of information.

[4][5] The stone is on private property; it was last photographed in 2011, at which time the repatriation talks were still ongoing.

The so-called Minto stone was 2 metres (6.6 ft) high and weighed 3.8 tons. It was found in "Ngendat" and described by Colin Mackenzie in 1811-14