The Laguna Copperplate Inscription is an official acquittance certificate inscribed onto a copper plate in the Shaka year 822. It is the earliest-known, extant, calendar-dated document found within th
The inscription displayed at the National Museum of Anthropology in Manila
Tondo (historical polity)
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Tondo, also popularly known referred to as the Kingdom of Tondo, was a Tagalog and Kapampangan settlement which served as a major trade hub located on the northern part of the Pasig River delta on Luz
Laguna Copperplate Inscription
…script researcher. The inscription documents the existence and names of several surrounding states as of A.D. 900, such as the Tagalog city-state of Tondo. Some historians associate the toponym Medang in this inscription regarding the Medang palace in Java at that time, although the name is a common term…
Plate depicting the "tundok" tree (Aegiceras corniculatum), from Fray Francisco Manuel Blanco's "Flora de Filipinas"
A portrayal of the Ginu class. From the Boxer Codex, c. 1595.
Tondo and Maynila's shared trade relations with China make the Manila bay area one of the northernmost points on the route of the Silk Road.
The Piloncitos, a type of Gold nuggets with Baybayin Ma characters. Used as one of the early currency along with Gold rings.