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English: A lithograph by James Prinsep of Dr. William Bland's transcription of the inscription on the sandstone block at the Singapore River mouth, a fragment of which is now known as the Singapore Stone. The title of the lithograph is: "Remains of an inscription on a rock at Singapore taken with great care by Dr W. Bland, H.M.S. Wolf. Scale, one twelfth of the original."
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Source Plate XXXVII of Bland, W. (William) (1837), "Inscription on the Jetty at Singapore", Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal vi: 680–682. Reprinted in vol. I of Rost, Reinhold (ed.) (1886) Miscellaneous Papers Relating to Indo-China : Reprinted for the Straits Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society, from Dalrymple's 'Oriental Repertory' and the 'Asiatic Researches' and 'Journal' of the Asiatic Society of Bengal (Trübner's Oriental Series), London: Kegan Paul, Trench, Trübner & Co, pp. 219–220 2 vols. This work was reprinted by Routledge in 2000.
Author William Bland
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