Indonesia: Illuminated wadana or 'gateway' (section introduction) from a manuscript of the Serat Jati Pustika ('Account of the Teak Library'), Java, c. 1830

The Javanese script, natively known as Hanacaraka), Carakan, or Aksara Jawa, is a pre-colonial script used to write Javanese and several other native languages of Indonesia. It is closely related to the Balinese script.

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