# Mulavarman
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[[File:Mulavarmmana Raja.jpg|thumb|250px|The name ''[Shri](/source/Shri) Mū-la-va-rmma-ṇaḥ [Rā-jñaḥ](/source/Raja)'' "The Lord, Prince Mulavarman" in a ''[yupa](/source/yupa)'' inscription in [pallawa script](/source/pallawa_script) from [Kutai](/source/Kutai). 4th-5th century CE.[{{cite journal |last1=VOGEL |first1=J. Ph. |title=The Yupa Inscriptions of King Mulavarman, from Koetei (East Borneo) |journal=Bijdragen tot de Taal-, Land- en Volkenkunde van Nederlandsch-Indië |date=1918 |volume=74 |issue=1/2 |pages=167–232 |jstor=20769898 |issn=1383-5408}}] In other inscriptions, Mulavarman is also called "Lord of Kings".[{{cite journal |last1=VOGEL |first1=J. Ph. |title=The Yupa Inscriptions of King Mulavarman, from Koetei (East Borneo) |journal=Bijdragen tot de Taal-, Land- en Volkenkunde van Nederlandsch-Indië |date=1918 |volume=74 |issue=1/2 |page=213 |jstor=20769898 |issn=1383-5408}}]]]
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'''[Sri](/source/Shri) Mulavarman Nala Deva''' (spelled '''Mulawarman''' in [Indonesian](/source/bahasa_Indonesia)) was the king of the [Kutai Martadipura](/source/Kutai) Kingdom, located in eastern [Borneo](/source/Borneo) around the year 400{{nbsp}}CE. What little is known of him comes from the seven [''yūpa'' inscriptions](/source/Y%C5%ABpa) found at a [sanctuary](/source/sanctuary) in [Kutai](/source/Kutai), [East Kalimantan](/source/East_Kalimantan).[{{cite book|last=Hall|first=D.G.E.|title=A History of South-East Asia, Fourth Edition|year=1981|publisher=Macmillan Education Ltd.|location=Hong Kong|isbn=0-333-24163-0|pages=38}}] He is known to have been generous to [brahmins](/source/brahmins) through the giving of gifts, including thousands of [cattle](/source/cattle) and large amounts of gold.[{{cite book|last=Tarling|first=Nicholas|title=The Cambridge History of Southeast Asia Volume 1 Part 1 From early times to c. 1500|year=1999|publisher=Cambridge University Press|location=Cambridge, England, United Kingdom|isbn=0-521-66369-5|pages=305}}]
==Reign==
He was the grandson of [Kudungga](/source/Kudungga), and the son of Asvavarman, according to one of his inscriptions.[{{cite journal |last1=VOGEL |first1=J. Ph. |title=The Yupa Inscriptions of King Mulavarman, from Koetei (East Borneo) |journal=Bijdragen tot de Taal-, Land- en Volkenkunde van Nederlandsch-Indië |date=1918 |volume=74 |issue=1/2 |page=212 |jstor=20769898 |issn=1383-5408}}] The sanctuary bears the name of the founder of the dynasty, Vaprakesvara.[{{cite book|last= Coedès|first= George|authorlink= George Coedès|editor= Walter F. Vella|others= trans.Susan Brown Cowing|title= The Indianized States of Southeast Asia|year= 1968|publisher= University of Hawaii Press|isbn= 978-0-8248-0368-1}}]{{rp|52}}
The inscriptions of Mulavarman in [Brahmi script](/source/Brahmi_script) on ''"[yūpa](/source/yupa)"'' sacrificial posts are the earliest known evidence of Indian influence in the Malay World, in the fourth century CE, long before the region was Indianized.[{{cite book |last1=Shome |first1=Tony |title=Malay Political Leadership |date=2004 |publisher=Routledge |isbn=978-1-135-78933-6 |page=27 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=1pnimJ9-z98C&pg=PT27 |language=en}}][{{cite book |last1=Sircar |first1=D. C. |title=Indian Epigraphy |date=1996 |publisher=Motilal Banarsidass Publ. |isbn=978-81-208-1166-9 |page=212 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=hXMB3649biQC&pg=PA212 |language=en}}][{{cite journal |last1=Mitra |first1=Karabi |title=Religion in Pre-Islamic Indonesia |journal=Proceedings of the Indian History Congress |date=2011 |volume=72 |pages=1030 |jstor=44145714 |issn=2249-1937}}] The inscriptions of Mulavarman were followed about fifty years later by the inscriptions of another king, [Purnavarman](/source/Purnavarman), in West [Java](/source/Java).