Showing posts with label Kediri Kingdom. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Kediri Kingdom. Show all posts

Monday, September 27, 2010

Development Panjalu

The early days of the kingdom of Kadiri Panjalu or not widely known. Inscription Hyang Down II (1044) issued only to preach the kingdom Janggala civil war between the two kingdoms after the death of Airlangga.
History of the Kingdom Panjalu emerged with the inscription sirah Keting 1104 on behalf of Sri Jayawarsa. Kings before Sri Sri Samarawijaya Jayawarsa only the known, while the sequence of kings after Sri Jayawarsa already be known clearly based on inscriptions found.
Panjalu Kingdom under the government of Sri Jayabhaya succeeded in conquering the Kingdom of the famous motto Janggala with the inscription Ngantang (1135), namely Panjalu Jayati, or Panjalu Win.
In the reign of Sri Jayabhaya this, the Kingdom Panjalu experienced its heyday. This empire includes the whole of Java and some islands in the archipelago, even to defeat the influence of Srivijaya kingdom in Sumatra.
This is reinforced Chinese chronicles titled Ling wai tai ta work of Chou Ku-fei year 1178, that at that time the richest country in addition to China in a sequence is Arabic, Java, and Sumatra. At that time the ruling Arab Abbasids, in Java there Panjalu Kingdom, while the Sumatran Srivijaya Empire controlled.
Discovery Sites Tondowongso in early 2007, which is believed to be relics of the kingdom of Kadiri is expected to help provide more information about the kingdom

Background

Statue of Vishnu, came from Kediri, the 12th century and 13th.
Indeed Daha town existed before the Kingdom of Kadiri stand. Daha Dahanapura stands, which means the city of fire. This name is contained in the inscription Pamwatan issued Airlangga year 1042. This is consistent with the news Candidates in Fiber Charcoal that, at the end of the reign of Airlangga, the center of the kingdom is no longer in Kahuripan, but moved to Daha.
In late November 1042, Airlangga was forced to split the territory of his kingdom because his two sons competing for the throne. Son named Sri Samarawijaya get named Panjalu western empire centered in the new town, namely Daha. While son named Mapanji Garasakan get named Janggala eastern empire, based in the old town, which is Kahuripan.
According Nagarakretagama, before it split into two, the name of the kingdom, led by Airlangga was named Panjalu, based in Daha. Thus, the Kingdom Janggala born as a fraction of Panjalu. The Kahuripan is the name of the old city that has been left Airlangga and later became the capital of Janggala.
At first, the name or Pangjalu Panjalu is more often used than the name of Kadiri. This can be found in inscriptions issued by the kings of Kadiri. In fact, the name Panjalu also known as Pu-chia-lung in the chronicles of China titled Ling wai tai ta (1178).