Saking detail tur referensi sane kaanggen ring suang-suang reriptanida, para sejarawane narka mpu tanakung minab sampun prasida daweg nika ngalap referensi langsung saking india (hunter, 2001: 65-92).
From the accuracy of his work and the references he uses in each of his writings, historians suspect mpu tanakung may have taken references directly from india (hunter, 2001: 65-92).