This attracted great interest over the boulder and the mysterious inscription it held.
Only a few fragments of the boulder were saved.
Badang was born a normal boy in the northern part of the Sultanate of Johor, in present-day Malaysia.
At night he would catch fish on a small stream with a trap.
Badang got so mad with rage that he seized the demon and tied its hair to a rock.
The demon begged for mercy and promised to grant Badang any wish if he spared his life.
Badang wished for strength so that he would not tire working.
The demon agreed but on one conditionhe would have to eat the demons vomit.
The thought of having to swallow vomit made Badang sick in the stomach but he desperately wanted the power.
So he fulfilled the task, and set the demon free.
The other slaves and his master were amazed.
Soon, news about his mighty power spread across the kingdom and neighboring lands.
To test Badangs strength, the King ordered him to push a newly constructed boat into the sea.
With a gentle push Badang launched the boat.
The King was so pleased with Badang that he made him the Champion of his court.
The fate of the other fragments remains unknown.
A fragment of the original boulder, now known as the Singapore Stone.
Numerous endeavors have been made to decode the stone, resulting in a range of proposed interpretations and languages.
A certain Dr. William Bland also took interest in the stone slab before it was blown up.
It is currently displayed in the Singapore History Gallery of the National Museum of Singapore.
