READING IN PHILIPPINE

HISTORY
PRESENTED BY:
FAINA, LERA F.
RABINO, KARL LAURENZ
EARLY PHILIPPINE SOCIETY
AND THE FIRST SPANISH CONTACT

LECTURER:
MS. ALDAY, KRISTINE JANE
 THE LAGUNA COPPERPLATE INSCRIPTION

The Laguna Copperplate is a thin piece of blackened metal that was purchased by the National
Museum of the Philippines in 1990 after the former owner failed to find a private buyer.
Following a careful examination of the plate, it was found to be a 20 cm square copperplate covered on
one side by a ten-line inscription of finely written characters. Unable to decipher it themselves, the
museum gave the text to Dutch anthropologist Antoon Postma (who was based in the Philippines with
his Filipino wife) to analyse.
Upon careful analysis of the text, Postma discovered that it identified the date of the copperplate’s
creation as the “Year of Sakya 822, month of Viasakha”, which translates to April or May in the year
900 in the Gregorian calendar.
Prior to the deciphering of the text on the Laguna Copperplate, historians had almost universally
accepted that the history of the Philippines only dated back to 1521, when records had noted the
arrival of Magellan and chronicler Antonia Pigafetta on the archipelago. Before this, there had been
very little history recorded in a way that would have allowed it to survive. As such, the landmark
discovery of the Laguna Copperplate pushed back the start of Filipino history by 600 years.
 THE LAGUNA COPPERPLATE INSCRIPTION

Aside from the date, the inscription also provided other details about the culture and
population of the country in pre-colonial times. Firstly, it was written in a combination of
Sanskrit, Old Malay, Old Javanese and Old Tagalog. This fact alone provides conclusive
evidence that, at the time of the inscription’s writing, the Philippines was already a
society with international trading networks. This is only compounded by mention of the
Chief of Medang Kingdom in Indonesia, which implies that pre-Spanish Philippines already
had strong cultural and trade links with other empires across Southeast Asia.
THE LAGUNA COPPERPLATE INSCRIPTION
 THE LAGUNA COPPERPLATE INSCRIPTION

The Laguna Copperplate is a thin piece of blackened metal that was purchased by the National
Museum of the Philippines in 1990 after the former owner failed to find a private buyer.
Following a careful examination of the plate, it was found to be a 20 cm square copperplate covered on
one side by a ten-line inscription of finely written characters. Unable to decipher it themselves, the
museum gave the text to Dutch anthropologist Antoon Postma (who was based in the Philippines with
his Filipino wife) to analyse.
Upon careful analysis of the text, Postma discovered that it identified the date of the copperplate’s
creation as the “Year of Sakya 822, month of Viasakha”, which translates to April or May in the year
900 in the Gregorian calendar.
Prior to the deciphering of the text on the Laguna Copperplate, historians had almost universally
accepted that the history of the Philippines only dated back to 1521, when records had noted the
arrival of Magellan and chronicler Antonia Pigafetta on the archipelago. Before this, there had been
very little history recorded in a way that would have allowed it to survive. As such, the landmark
discovery of the Laguna Copperplate pushed back the start of Filipino history by 600 years.
 THE LAGUNA COPPERPLATE INSCRIPTION

The Laguna Copperplate is a thin piece of blackened metal that was purchased by the National
Museum of the Philippines in 1990 after the former owner failed to find a private buyer.
Following a careful examination of the plate, it was found to be a 20 cm square copperplate covered on
one side by a ten-line inscription of finely written characters. Unable to decipher it themselves, the
museum gave the text to Dutch anthropologist Antoon Postma (who was based in the Philippines with
his Filipino wife) to analyse.
Upon careful analysis of the text, Postma discovered that it identified the date of the copperplate’s
creation as the “Year of Sakya 822, month of Viasakha”, which translates to April or May in the year
900 in the Gregorian calendar.
Prior to the deciphering of the text on the Laguna Copperplate, historians had almost universally
accepted that the history of the Philippines only dated back to 1521, when records had noted the
arrival of Magellan and chronicler Antonia Pigafetta on the archipelago. Before this, there had been
very little history recorded in a way that would have allowed it to survive. As such, the landmark
discovery of the Laguna Copperplate pushed back the start of Filipino history by 600 years.
Table of Contents
01 History 02 Timeline 03 Prehistory

04 Precolonial 05 Spanish Era 06 American Era

07 Japanese Era 08 Filipino Culture 09 New Era

 PHILIPPINE HISTORY

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 HISTORY TIMELINE
1950
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PREHISTORY

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A PICTURE ALWAYS REINFORCES THE CONCEPT
 “This is a quote,
words full of wisdom
that someone
important said and
can make the reader
get inspired."
- Dr. Jose Rizal
 FILIPINO CULTURE

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