%0 Journal Article %T The epigraphical collection of Museum Ranggawarsita in Semarang (Central Java, Indonesia) %A Arlo Griffiths %J Bijdragen tot de Taal-, Land- en Volkenkunde %D 2013 %I Brill %X This article present the epigraphical collection of Museum Ranggawarsita, the provincial museum of Central Java province, in Semarang. Some of these were entirely unstudied, others had been published only in inaccessible media, and yet others had been reported when they were still in situ, without any reading or translation being offered. Several belong to the important assemblage of probably 7th century inscriptions from sites at the Javanese north coast in Batang regency that are of particular importance for understanding the genesis of early ¡®Indianized¡¯ polities in Central Java. %K Museum Ranggawarsita %K inscription %K Batang %K Sanskrit %K Old Javanese %K signet ring %U http://www.kitlv-journals.nl/index.php/btlv/article/view/8554