For the first time ever, the most pertinent epigraphic and translation comments made by Brandes, Bosch, Chhabra, Coedes, de Casparis, Damais, Sarkar, and other Sanskrit scholars have been compiled within a single publication devoted to the charters promulgated by members of the Sailendra dynasty in Central Java and on the Malay Peninsula. This book also is dedicated to evaluating the contents of these crucial inscriptions from the perspectives of the political, religious, and architectural trends having a impact on this region during the same period.