Early Kingdoms (4th Century AD)
In the earliest recorded mention of Jakarta, it is recognised as a port and the area was founded as a Hindu settlement around the 4th centuryas as part of the Indianized kingdom of Tarumanagara. In AD 397, King Purnawarman established Sunda Pura, located on the northern coast of Java, as the new capital city for the kingdom, . Purnawarman left seven memorial stones across the area, including the present-day Banten and West Java provinces, consisting of inscriptions bearing his name, .
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