Majapahit

Lost to history for centuries before the British explorer Sir Thomas Stamford Raffles "discovered" them in the early 1800s, the temples are mostly of red-clay brick, with reliefs that provide clues about Majapahit society.

Trowulan: Indonesia's Ancient Empire 2010

But sprinkled about this charming rural district, on well-manicured grounds, are the ruins of temples that suggest the city that once thrived here; imagine the spaces between them filled and you get an idea how extensive this capital of the Hindu-Buddhist-hybrid Majapahit Empire was.

Trowulan: Indonesia's Ancient Empire 2010

When it was translated for the first time early this century, the inscription was found to reveal important historical information dating from the period immediately prior to the founding of Majapahit.

Joko Dolog Statue 2009

Once they acquired sufficient economic power, such merchants established Islamic city-states that rebelled against, and ultimately destroyed, the pre-existing Hindu-Buddhist kingdom of Majapahit.

Unfriendly Fanatics C. Holland Taylor 2008

They were seen as a group belonging with Chinese and other traders, since they were not led by kings and princes; they partook in maritime trading and lived in coastal regions; and they did not manifest the signs of belonging to a "kingdom" which the Balinese knew from their immediate neighbors and their own Majapahit background.

languagehat.com: IT'S NEVER THAT SIMPLE. 2005

He briefly describes the historical background the fall of Majapahit and the consequent Islamicization of the rest of the island and the villagers' attitude towards it, concluding: "According to their own notions, in other words, Tengger are not an ethnic enclave of non-Javanese ways, but heirs to a tradition with deep roots in Javanese history."

languagehat.com: IT'S NEVER THAT SIMPLE. 2005

Beginning in 1602, the Dutch slowly established themselves as rulers of present-day Indonesia, exploiting the weakness of the small kingdoms that had replaced that of Majapahit.

Archive 2004-11-01 2004

Also by the 14th century, the Hindu Kingdom of Majapahit had risen in eastern Java.

Archive 2004-11-01 2004

By the 14th cent., Sumatran supremacy had waned, and the island fell under the Javanese kingdom of Majapahit.

Archive 2001-01-01 Lionheart 2001

By the 14th cent., Sumatran supremacy had waned, and the island fell under the Javanese kingdom of Majapahit.

Archive 2001-01-01 Lionheart 2001