The Laguna Copperplate Inscription is the earliest known written document found in the Philippines. The plate was found in 1989 by a sand labourer near the mouth of the Lumbang River in Barangay Wawa, Lumban, Laguna. The inscription on the plate was first deciphered by Dutch anthropologist Antoon Postma.
The discovery of the plate is cited as evidence of cultural links between the Pre-Hispanic Tagalog people and the various contemporary Asian civilisations, most notably the Javanese Medang Kingdom, the Srivijaya Empire, and the Middle kingdoms of India.
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