Mpu Purwa

The Mpu Purwa Archaeological Objects Rescuer of Malang treated the Mpu Sindok era inscription from 944 AD. This inscription tells the existence of the Tengger community.

This pentagon-shaped stone inscription has a length of 102 centimeters (cm), width of 22 cm, and height of 142.5 cm. This inscription was found by Blandit Hamlet, Wonorejo Village, Singosari, Malang Regency.

The contents of this inscription mentions the designation of a plot of land south of the Muncang Village market as a perdikan land. The produce of this perdikan land was used to build Prasada Kabhaktyan Siddhayoga. This is a sacred building for daily worship for Bhathara Sang Hyang Swayambhwa who lives in Walandit.


Walandit is now known as Hamlet Blandit. Its position is on the western slope of Mount Bromo. "This inscription has been read and studied by outsiders using special paper. We are still reading this inscription using flour, "said Mpu Purwa Museum staff member, Fitria Noverita, Thursday (7/22) in Malang.

Dwi Cahyono, an archeologist from Malang State University, stated that the story of the Tengger community could not be directly found in the Muncang Inscription without the help of several other inscriptions.

Several inscriptions supporting the Muncang Inscription include the Lingga Sutan Inscription. The contents of the 929 AD inscription set Lingga Sutan Village as the Rakriyan Hujung region and agricultural products there were offered to Bhathara I-Walandit. His worship is done once a year.

From these two inscriptions, there is a similarity between the Walandit or I-Walandit regions. Walandit is now a Blandit Hamlet. Information about Tengger is increasingly clear on the Pananjakan Inscription found in 1880 in the Penanjakan area, Pasuruan Regency. The inscription for the year 1405 mentions a prohibition on collecting taxes in the littoral or end of the month of Asada.


From the location of the discovery of this inscription, Dwi believes the story and origin of the Tengger-Bromo people were actually born from the south-western slopes of Mount Bromo now, namely the Regency of Malang. (HE)