Silla
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Silla, was a Korean kingdom that existed between 57 BCE – 935 CE and located on the southern and central parts of the Korean Peninsula. Silla, along with Baekje and Goguryeo, formed the Three Kingdoms of Korea. Silla had the lowest population of approximately 850,000 people, which was significantly smaller than those of Baekje and Goguryeo.
Royal crown of Silla (second half of the fifth century)
Earthenware Funerary Objects in the Shape of a Shilla Warrior on Horseback
The astronomical observatory Cheomseongdae
The Temple of the Golden Dragon, also known as Hwangryongsa, would later be destroyed during the Mongol Invasions.
Old Korean
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Old Korean is the first historically documented stage of the Korean language, typified by the language of the Unified Silla period (668–935).
The Samguk yusa contains most surviving Silla hyangga
The Imsin Vow Stone of 552/612 uses Old Korean syntax.
Sixth-century mokgan slips from Haman
Scroll of a Silla edition of the Avatamsaka Sutra, written in 754–755