At the mouth of the Singapore River, at a promontory known variously as Rocky Point and Artillery Point, there once stood a massive boulder 3 meters wide and 3 meters tall. The boulder was first discovered in 1819 by laborers clearing jungles at the behest of British officer Sir Stamford Raffles, who secured control over the island of Singapore in order to strengthen British’s presence in the region. One of the faces of the boulder was inscribed with several lines by a mysterious script that neither the local population nor foreign antiquarians and other enthusiasts could decipher. This attracted great interest over the boulder and the mysterious inscription it held. Unfortunately, the boulder was blown up in 1848 by East India Company engineers as part of works to widen the mouth of the river. Only a few fragments of the boulder were saved.
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