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Are there written records of gamelan music from >3400 years ago?

"In Javanese mythology, the gamelan was created by Sang Hyang Guru in Saka era 167 (c. AD 230)"

According to Wikipedia. Presumably there's a history of protogamelans, but still.

> mythology

maybe that's why? Do we know if it's actually created in AD 230?

>In Javanese mythology, the gamelan was created by Sang Hyang Guru in Saka era 167 (c. AD 230)

So?

(a) that's still 1000s of years later than the one above.

(b) that's in the mythology, not an actual historical song found in some inscription or something...