Packet 2: Tossup 3

An inscription in this language describes the hydraulic works of a ruler who dug a canal with “strong and tight arms” and is written on a meter-high egg-shaped stone. An expedition led by Albert Grünwedel (“GROON-vay-dull”) discovered a notably old treatise in this language, dubbed the Spitzer Manuscript. (10[1])Two large animal footprints were carved beside an inscription in this language from a kingdom named for indigo. Some 4th-to-5th-century CE coins inscribed in this language had a queen holding a fan and towel on one side and a sacrificial horse on the other. The Kutai inscriptions from Indonesia are written in this language on seven (10[1])yūpa (10[1])sacrificial pillars at which the Ashvamedha (10[1])could be (10[1])conducted. (10[2])For 10 points, many ancient (10[3])Pallava-script inscriptions (10[1]-5[1])in Southeast Asia (-5[1])were written in what sacred (-5[1])language (10[1]-5[1])of (-5[1])Hinduism? (10[4])■END■ (10[5])

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