Majapahit Empire's achievement is credited to his prime minister, Gajah Mada.
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67 Facts About Majapahit Empire
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Majapahit Empire is known by other names: Wilwatikta, although sometimes the natives refer to their kingdom as Bhumi Jawa or Mandala Jawa instead.
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Little physical evidence of Majapahit Empire remains, and some details of the history are rather abstract.
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Majapahit Empire did produce physical evidence: the main ruins dating from the Majapahit Empire period are clustered in the Trowulan area, which was the royal capital of the kingdom.
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Chinese historical sources on Majapahit Empire mainly acquired from the chronicles of the Yuan and following Ming dynasty.
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The Chinese accounts on Majapahit Empire are mainly owed to the Ming admiral Zheng He's reports during the his visit to Majapahit Empire between 1405 and 1432.
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Recent archaeological findings from April 2011 indicate the Majapahit Empire capital was much larger than previously believed after some artefacts were uncovered.
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Majapahit Empire then opened the vast timberland and built a new settlement there.
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The village was named Majapahit Empire, which was taken from the name of a fruit that had a bitter taste.
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Majapahit Empire took a Sumatran Malay Dharmasraya princess named Dara Petak as his wife.
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Majapahit Empire mentioned Java to be well-populated and filled with cloves, nutmeg and many other spices.
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Majapahit Empire mentioned that the king of Java had seven vassals under him and engaged in several wars with the "khan of Cathay".
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Under the initiative of her able and ambitious prime minister, Gajah Mada, Majapahit Empire sent its armada to conquer the neighbouring island of Bali.
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Majapahit Empire abdicated the throne in favour of her son, Hayam Wuruk.
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Under Gajah Mada's command, Majapahit Empire conquered more territories and became the regional power.
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Subsequently, in 1377, a few years after the death of Gajah Mada, Majapahit Empire sent a punitive naval attack against a rebellion in Palembang, contributing to the end of the Srivijayan successor kingdom.
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About the time Majapahit Empire was founded, Muslim traders and proselytisers began entering the area.
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The Chinese intervened in the politics of the southern seas by supporting Thais against the declining Khmer Majapahit Empire, supporting and installing allied factions in India, Sri Lanka and other places in Indian Ocean coasts.
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The Hindu Majapahit Empire was the most powerful maritime power in Southeast Asian seas that time and were opposed to Chinese expansion into their sphere of influence.
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Majapahit Empire was the second child of Wikramawardhana by a concubine who was the daughter of Wirabhumi.
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Majapahit Empire was married to future Kelantan king Iskandar Shah or Kemas Jiwa in 1427.
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Reign of Suhita was the second time Majapahit Empire was reigned by a queen regnant after her great grandmother Tribhuwana Wijayatunggadewi.
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Majapahit Empire's reign is immortalized in Javanese legend of Damarwulan, as it involves a maiden queen named Prabu Kenya in the story, and during Suhita's reign there was a war with Blambangan as stated in the legend.
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Majapahit Empire died in 1466 and was succeeded by Singhawikramawardhana.
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Army of Majapahit Empire is divided into 2 main types, namely prajurit and levy taken up from peasants.
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Majapahit Empire had a naval troops that was distinguished from ground troop units, which is called wwang jaladhi.
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The exact number of jong fielded by Majapahit Empire is unknown, but the largest number of jong deployed in an expedition is about 400 jongs when Majapahit Empire attacked Pasai.
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Besides that, other types of vessels used by Majapahit Empire navy are malangbang, kelulus, pelang, jongkong, cerucuh, and tongkang.
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Research by Nugroho concluded that the main vessels used by Majapahit Empire did not use outriggers, and using Borobudur engraving as the basis for reconstructing Majapahit Empire ship is wrong.
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Majapahit Empire's territories were roughly divided into three types: the palace and its vicinity; the areas of east Java and Bali which were directly administered by officials appointed by the king; and the outer dependencies which enjoyed substantial internal autonomy.
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Majapahit Empire was sent by the Pope to launch a mission into the Asian interiors.
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Majapahit Empire then headed to Nicobar island to Sumatra, before visiting Java and Banjarmasin.
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Majapahit Empire mentioned that in this island was found a lot of clove, cubeb, nutmeg and many other spices.
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Majapahit Empire mentioned that the King of Java had an impressive, grand, and luxurious palace.
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Majapahit Empire recorded that the Mongol emperors had repeatedly tried to attack Java, but always ended up in failure and managed to be sent back to the mainland.
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Majapahit Empire describes his travel to Majapahit capital, first, he arrived at the port of Tu-pan where he saw large numbers of Chinese settlers migrated from Guangdong and Chou Chang.
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Majapahit Empire describes the king's costumes; wearing a crown of gold leaves and flowers or sometimes without any headgear; bare-chested without wearing a robe, the bottom parts wears two sashes of embroidered silk.
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Majapahit Empire describes a class of artisans that draws various images on paper and give a theatrical performance.
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Literature of Majapahit Empire was the continuation of Javanese Kawi Hindu-Buddhist scholarly tradition that produces kakawin poem that has been developed in Java since the 9th century Medang Mataram era, all the way through Kadiri and Singhasari periods.
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Majapahit Empire art was the continuation of East Javanese art, style and aesthetically developed since the 11th century during the Kediri and Singhasari period.
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Examples of Majapahit Empire statues are the Harihara statue from Simping temple, believed to be the deified portrayal of King Kertarajasa, the statue of Parwati believed to be the portrayal of Queen Tribhuwana, and a statue of the queen Suhita discovered at Jebuk, Kalangbret, Tulungagung, East Java.
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The shapes of Majapahit Empire temples tend to be slender and tall, with a roof constructed from multiple parts of stepped sections formed a combined roof structure curved upward smoothly creating the perspective illussion that the temple is perceived taller than its actual height.
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The example of Majapahit Empire temples are Brahu temple in Trowulan, Pari in Sidoarjo, Jabung in Probolinggo, and Surawana temple near Kediri.
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The Majapahit Empire had trading links with Chinese Ming dynasty, Ðai Viet and Champa in today Vietnam, Cambodia, Siamese Ayutthayan, Burmese Martaban and the south Indian Vijayanagara Empire.
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When Majapahit Empire entered the thalassocracy imperial phase during the administration of Gajah Mada, several overseas vassal states were included within the Majapahit Empire sphere of influence, as a result, the new larger territorial concept was defined:.
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True nature of Majapahit Empire suzerainty is still a subject of study and even has sparked controversy.
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Question whether Majapahit is considered an empire or not is actually depends on the definition of the word and concept of "empire" itself.
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Since early of its formation, Majapahit Empire inherited the foreign outlook of its predecessor entity – Singhasari kingdom, in which its last king Kertanegara projected his influence abroad by launching Pamalayu expedition to incorporate Malay polities in Sumatra and Malay Peninsula within Javanese sphere of influence.
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Majapahit Empire was sent to led Majapahit military expansion to conquer east coast region in Sumatra.
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In Sumatran front, Majapahit Empire did capture Palembang, Jambi and Dharmasraya, invade Pasai, and it saw the settlement of Tumasik, that later become Kingdom of Singapura, as its rebellious colony, and thus deal with them accordingly.
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In later years after the era of Hayam Wuruk, Majapahit Empire has lost their grips on some of their overseas possessions.
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The chronicle described that the Majapahit Empire invasion was a punishment for Sultan Ahmad Malik Az-Zahir's crime on ruining a royal marriage between Pasai Prince Tun Abdul Jalil and Raden Galuh Gemerencang, a Majapahit Empire princess — that led to the death of the royal couple.
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Majapahit Empire had a momentous and lasting influence on Indonesian art and architecture.
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The Javanese Hindu civilisation since the era of Airlangga to the era of Majapahit Empire kings has profoundly influenced and shaped the Balinese culture and history.
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The ancient links and Majapahit Empire legacy is observable in many ways; architecture, literature, religious rituals, dance-drama and artforms.
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Pura Kawitan Majapahit was built in 1995 as a homage to honour the empire that inspires the nation.
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Majapahit Empire is often regarded as the antecedent of the modern state of Indonesia.
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Rulers of Majapahit Empire was the dynastic continuity of the Singhasari kings, which started by Sri Ranggah Rajasa, the founder of Rajasa dynasty in the late 13th century.
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