Mulavarman

What little is known of him comes from the seven Yupa inscriptions found at a sanctuary in Kutai, East Kalimantan. He is known to have been generous to brahmins through the giving of gifts including thousands of cattle and large amounts of gold.

Kutai

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Location of Kutai in Indonesia.

He was the grandson of Kudungga, and the son of Asvavarman, according to one of his inscriptions. The sanctuary bears the name of the founder of the dynasty, Vaprakesvara.^: 52

The inscriptions of Mulavarman in Brahmi script on "yūpa" 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. The inscriptions of Mulavarman were followed about fifty years later by the inscriptions of another king, Purnavarman, in West Java.

The inscriptions of Mulavarman in Brahmi script were found on "yūpa" sacrificial posts.

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  One of the yūpa Mulavarman inscriptions from Kutai, at the National Museum in Jakarta
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  Mulavarman inscription on a yūpa, 5th century CE
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  Mulavarman inscription on a yūpa, 5th century CE
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  The word "Yūpo" in Brahmi in a Mulavarman Inscription, Muara Kaman, Kalimantan, 5th century CE

• Mulawarman University, the state-university of East Kalimantan named after the king
• Kodam VI/Mulawarman, the military-district of the Indonesian Army covering East, South, and North Kalimantan named after the king