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Singapore Stone: The Singapore Stone is a fragment of a large sandstone slab which originally stood at the mouth of the Singapore River, believed to date back to at least the 13th century and possibly as earlier. Unknown [1] [2] 2: Portrait of Sir Frank Athelstane Swettenham
A fragment of the Singapore Stone, inscribed with an Indic script, c. 10th to 13th century. The Greco-Roman astronomer Ptolemy (90–168) identified a place called Sabana at the tip of Golden Chersonese (believed to be the Malay Peninsula ) in the second and third century. [ 5 ]
The drawings was designated by the National Museum of Singapore as one of 11 "national treasures" in January 2006. [2] As at 2011, the collection was believed to be worth at least $11 million. In 2011, 70 works from the collection were placed on permanent display in the Goh Seng Choo Gallery of the museum, named for Goh's father. [3]
Singapore was known in the 13th to 14th century as Temasek, with its name being changed to Singapura perhaps towards the end of 14th century by Sang Nila Utama, the founder of Kingdom of Singapura. The island was alternately claimed during this period by the Siamese and the Javanese.
Singapore-Kranji Railway officially opened to the public. [25] 5 November: Sir Frank Swettenham was appointed as the Governor of the Straits Settlements. 1904: 16 April: Sir John Anderson was appointed as the Governor of the Straits Settlements. 1905: 1 June: Singapore change its time zone to GMT+07:00 from the original GMT+6hr 55m 25s. 1906: ...
Gold armband with singhamukha and two of the circular ornaments, probably dating to the 14th-century, found in 1928 at Fort Canning Hill, Singapore. [ 30 ] Singapura's rise as a trade-post was concurrent with the era known as Pax Mongolica , where the Mongol Empire 's influence over both the overland and maritime silk roads allowed a new global ...
The visual art of Singapore, or Singaporean art, refers to all forms of visual art in or associated with Singapore throughout its history and towards the present-day. The history of Singaporean art includes the indigenous artistic traditions of the Malay Archipelago and the diverse visual practices of itinerant artists and migrants from China, the Indian subcontinent, and Europe.
The collection includes folios from manuscripts with Persian miniatures, including the Great Mongol Shahnameh, the Shahnameh of Shah Tahmasp, and the oldest manuscript of world history the JamiĘż al-tawarikh. Among its collections of arms and armour is a 13th-century gold saddle from the time of Genghis Khan.