Ah yes the Singapore Stone. I've read a book about how it was blasted to smithereens by some unwitting soldier in 1843 who happened to have extra gun powder because he didnt think it was important at all. He wanted to remove the rock from the mouth of the Singapore River so that more houses could be built. Pity.

Thank goodness that it wasnt completely destroyed. A colonel went to the scene and found three big pieces of the Singapore Stone and sent them to India. Another fragment was found on the far side of the river where sepoy guards were using them as a sear. That piece was also sent to India.

Many experts have studied the Singapore Stone and tried to decipher it and so on. They worked out that the stone was 3m x 3m high, containing no less than 50 lines of writing. They also managed to make out some of the words. An expert has dated the stone no less than AD900 and has identified the writing as a Sumatran type of Sanskrit.

If you ask me, I think that the stone was probably written by the ancient people living in Singapore, probably Malays. There were Malays living on the island before Raffles arrived, even before other settlers arrived. Of course, the Malays might be settlers themselves, but the point is, why send it to india??? It's not like Indians can read Malay or something. And after it was sent to India, they deciphered it as a Sumatran type of Sanskrit. So the stone is not Malay. It's Sumatran. All the way in Indonesia. oh come on. Whatever it is, it's not Indian. why send it to india? -.- Ha if you give me a valid reason i probably wont make too much noise.

Anyway I think that people should take more interest in the stone (like i'm doing now) because its not just a rock. its not just a gigantic rock (okay maybe it is, but its a cool rock). its part of our history and we should take more pride in it. shouldnt we? x) even if we dont understand it. from it we can learn more about our history, our culture, our heritage, and our rocks. believe it. this rock is one cool rock. honestly. its a national treasure.