This piece of red sandstone inscribed with the earliest writing found in Singapore was part of a 3m by 3m boulder located at the mouth of the Singapore River, near the present-day Fullerton Hotel. When it was discovered in 1819, the rock had about 50 lines of ancient script on it. The British blew it up in 1843 to develop the area.

This piece of red sandstone inscribed with the earliest writing found in Singapore was part of a 3m by 3m boulder located at the mouth of the Singapore River, near the present-day Fullerton Hotel. When it was discovered in 1819, the rock had about 50 lines of ancient script on it. The British blew it up in 1843 to develop the area.

This piece of red sandstone inscribed with the earliest writing found in Singapore was part of a 3m by 3m boulder located at the mouth of the Singapore River, near the present-day Fullerton Hotel. When it was discovered in 1819, the rock had about 50 lines of ancient script on it. The British blew it up in 1843 to develop the area.

This piece of red sandstone inscribed with the earliest writing found in Singapore was part of a 3m by 3m boulder located at the mouth of the Singapore River, near the present-day Fullerton Hotel. When it was discovered in 1819, the rock had about 50 lines of ancient script on it. The British blew it up in 1843 to develop the area.

The last paragraph stone fragment, which is on display at the National Museum of Singapore, is evidence of an early civilisation in Singapore. Scholars say that the writing on the fragment could be in Sumatran or old Javanese, but no one has been able to decipher the writing.