 On the other hand, Aung-Thwin continues, the latest archaeological evidence dates the Burmese script 58 to 109 years ahead of the Burma Mon script.The earliest "Burma Mon" script (at Prome) is dated to 1093 while the earliest Burmese script (the copper-gilt umbrella inscription of the Mahabodhi Temple) is dated to 1035.Indeed, if a "recast" 18th century copy of an original stone inscription is permissible as evidence, the Burmese script had already been in use at least since 984 CE.