No Pak Ganja, the book to which I refer is credited to KGPH Hadiwijaya.
The title of the original work is as I have given it, and noted thus in the introduction, but when Damartaji copied it and released it in 1998, they titled it as:- "DHAPUR, buku gambar bentuk keris dan tombak".
The original was dated 24 April 1920, and the date of the introduction to the Damartaji edition is 12 Februari 1998.
If we go to page 17 of this book, we will find dhapur pasopati (pasupati), illustration number 32.
The attribution for dhapur pasopati as shown on page 17 is:-
mitos/dongeng:-
Pemrakarsa---Sri Paduka Maharaja Budda;Empu---Ramadi; Tahun Jawa---152.
Regretably we cannot say that "---dhapur pasopati was actually created in the early era of the 3rd. century---"
We can only say that legend tells us that dhapur pasopati was created in the 3rd century.
There is a vast difference between the attribution given by legend, and when dhapur pasopati may have actually been created.
Pak Ganja, is there a possibility that you have been provided with slightly inaccurate information?
I'm quite certain of my information, as I have the book in question in front of me as I write.
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