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 Majapahit Empire
The founder of the Majapahit Empire, Kertarajasa[?], was the son-in-law of the ruler of the Singhasari[?] kingdom, also based in Java.
After Singhasari drove Srivijaya out of Java altogether in 1290, the rising power of Singhasari came to the attention of Kublai Khan in China and he sent emissaries demanding tribute.
Kertanagara, ruler of the Singhasari kingdom, refused to pay tribute and the Khan sent a punitive expedition which arrived off the coast of Java in 1293.
www.ebroadcast.com.au /lookup/encyclopedia/ma/Majapahit_Empire.html   (324 words)

  
 Science Fair Projects - Singhasari
Singhasari was a kingdom located in east Java between the 1222 and the 1292.
The Kediri kingdom itself became a fief under the kingdom of Singhasari.
Ken Arok was the first king of Singhasari, and true to the curse was killed by his son in law, Anusapati, using the keris of Mpu Gandring.
www.all-science-fair-projects.com /science_fair_projects_encyclopedia/Singhasari   (498 words)

  
 Singhasari - The Wordbook Encyclopedia
Singhasari was founded by Ken Arok, whose story is a popular children's tale in Central and East Java.
Kediri became a fief under the kingdom of Singhasari.
In the mean time, Jayakatwang, one of his vassal, Lord of Kediri, a fief of Singhasari, rebelled and killed Kertanegara with a surprise attack during a Holy Festival.
www.thewordbook.com /Singhasari   (567 words)

  
 Australian Information from Wikipedia
Although the Chola invasion was ultimately unsuccessful, it gravely weakened the Srivijayan hegemony and enabled the formation of regional kingdoms based, like Kediri, on intensive agriculture rather than coastal and long distance trade.
The island was in frequent conflict with the Javanese kingdoms, first Singhasari and then Majapahit.
Gajah Mada, an ambitious Majapahit prime minister and regent from 1331 to 1364, extended the empire's rule to the surrounding islands.
www.thinkingaustralia.net /thinking_australia/wikipedia/default.php?title=Pre-colonial_Indonesia   (7540 words)

  
 GreyPlate: Singhasari
Kingdom based in eastern Java that emerged in the first half of the 13th century after the decline of the kingdom of Kadiri.
Singhasari's first king, Ken Angrok (or Ken Arok), defeated the king of Kadiri, Kertajaya, in 1222.
The last king of Singhasari, Kertanagara (q.v.; 1268–92), was able to unite eastern Java temporarily.
greyplate.blogspot.com /2004/11/singhasari.html   (80 words)

  
 Indonesia
The rising power of Singhasari had came to the attention of Yuan Dynasty founder Kublai Khan in China and he sent emissaries demanding tribute.
Raden Wijaya allied himself with the Mongols against Jayakatwang and, once the Singhasari kingdom was destroyed, turned and forced his Mongol allies to withdraw in confusion.
Following the example of its predecessor, Singhasari, Majapahit was based on the combined development of agriculture and large scale maritime trade.
ancientworlds.net /aw/Places/Place/325097   (970 words)

  
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Tradition says that the kings of Singhasari during this period were all murdered by their successors, as part of the feud arising from Ken Angrok stealing away Putri Dedes.
Kertanegara is killed in a court rebellion; his son-in-law Wijaya retreats and founds a new court at Majapahit (today Trowulan), with the help of Arya Wiraraja, the local ruler of Madura.
The Singhasari and Majapahit kingdoms probably had a few Muslims involved in their courts.
planet.time.net.my /Parliament/jwan/htmstuff/history.htm   (3119 words)

  
 Beginnings to 1500: Ancient Kingdoms and the Coming of Islam
Tohjaya, son of Ken Angrok by a concubine, becomes king of Singhasari.
King Wisnuwardhana of Singhasari dies, and is succeeded by Kertanegara.
Bali breaks away from Singhasari under Pejeng kings at Ubud.
www.antenna.nl /~daktari/indie/indhis01.htm   (1531 words)

  
 Ken Dedes at AllExperts
Ken Dedes was the wife of Ken Arok, the first ruler of Singhasari, Indonesia.
A daughter of a Buddhist monk, Mpu Purwa, her beautiful face was famous until Tunggul Ametung, ruler of Tumapel (now Ampel, a district near Surabaya capital of East Java Province, Indonesia) became interested in her.
Anusapati, Ken Dedes's son from her first husband, murdered Ken Arok and became the second ruler of Singhasari.
en.allexperts.com /e/k/ke/ken_dedes.htm   (249 words)

  
 Singhasari   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
Singhasari was a kingdom located in east Java between the 13th century and the 15th century (?).
This kingdom ruled after the fall of the Kediri kingdom.
Ken Arok was the first king of Singhasari, and was killed by his son in law, Panji Tohjaya, using the keris Mpu Gandring.
publicliterature.org /en/wikipedia/s/si/singhasari.html   (102 words)

  
 Pukulan Cimande Pusaka   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
While the exact beginning of the keris may never be known, it is usually listed by keris collectors that the first blade to be labeled keris was the Majapahit keris.
It is from the 13th Century East Javanese Kingdom of Singhasari that saw this representation of the power previously described.
This empire was the predecessor of the great kingdom of Majapahit, which as stated included Indonesia and the Philippines as we know it today.
www.cimande.com /writings/keris/keris4.htm   (1064 words)

  
 Majapahit History | ema_03_package.xml
This provoked a punitive Chinese expedition to eastern Java in 1292; it arrived to find that Kertanagara had been killed in an uprising engineered by a prince of the displaced house of Kadiri.
Kertanagara's son Vijaya was forced to flee to a village on the Brantas River named Majapahit (bitter fruit).
Gajah Mada was appointed prime minister in 1331, and under his direction Majapahit filled the political vacuum left by the fall of the Srivijaya empire and the dissolution of its temporary successor, Singhasari.
www.bookrags.com /history/majapahit-ema-03   (323 words)

  
 Zack's Indonesia Bali pages a355
Few tjandis have been preserved from the subsequent three centuries from 927 to the rise of the dynasty of Singhasari in 1222.
The tjandi Kidal in the vicinity of present-day Malang in eastern Java is another sepulchral monument, erected for the second prince of the Singhasari dynasty, King Anusapati, who died in 1240.
The general effect of the building is more slender, since the base towers up high, and the temple tapers off at the top in the form of a pyramid.
www.indonesia-bali.com /bali-indonesia-3/indonesia-bali-aa355.htm   (310 words)

  
 Singhasari   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
Kertanegara took the order as insult and punished the messenger in His face.
Before the Mongol had their revenge, Jayakatwang, King of Kediri, one of fief of Singhasari, rebelled and killed Kertanegara.
When the Mongol soldiers came in Imperial Yuan fleet, Kertanegara's son in law, Wijaya, manipulate them into fighting with Jayakatwang.
singhasari.borgfind.com   (462 words)

  
 Amazon.com: Singhasari: Books   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
The first, dealing with the foundation of Singhasari in A.D. 1222, was composed in A.D. 1365 by Prapanca,...
Singhasari and Majapahit 1222: Ken Arok founds Singhasari dynasty.
Originally it was called the Kingdom of Singhasari, but in 1292 a new city, Majapahit, was founded and...
www.amazon.com /s?ie=UTF8&keywords=Singhasari&tag=httpexplaguid-20&index=books&link_code=qs&page=1   (745 words)

  
 [No title]   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
That the legend calls them "datus", not Rajas or Sultans, indicates they were Austronesian chiefs and not the heads of politically organized states.
With Sri Vijaya under attack and weakened, the rival Javanese kindoms of Kediri and Singhasari grew in power.
The rising power of Singhasari attracted the attention of China's Mongol Emperor Kublai Khan who in 1289 had demanded a payment of tribute.
www.ualberta.ca /~vmitchel/rev5.html   (525 words)

  
 Preview comment | www.indrani.net
As a result, I managed to find my ancestors, 33 generations before me, up to Ken Dedes (the wife of Ken Arok, the first ruler of Singhasari, Indonesia) and her father.
Later, Anusapati, Ken Dedes's son from her first husband, murdered Ken Arok and became the second ruler of Singhasari.
As a result, I managed to find my ancestors, 33 generations before me, up to Ken Dedes (the wife of Ken Arok, the first ruler of Singhasari, Indonesia) and her father.
www.indrani.net /index.php?q=comment/reply/113"e=1   (814 words)

  
 Srivijaya Information - Online Prescription Medication Directory
Srivijaya was in frequent conflict with, and ultimately subjugated by, Javanese kingdoms, first Singhasari and then Majapahit.
By 1088, Melayu-Jambi Kingdom (or Dharmasraya Kingdom) conquered Srivijaya, and ruled it for the next 2 centuries.
In 1288, a Singhasari Kingdom conquered Dharmasraya Kingdom, including Srivijaya, which was well known as Pamalayu Expedition.
www.prescriptiondrug-info.com /drug_information_online.asp?title=Srivijaya   (1334 words)

  
 cerita_1.html
Because of a dynastic link connecting Bali with rulers of the kingdom of East Java in the eleventh century, Javanese culture permeated Bali.
In the following centuries, as ruler succeeded ruler, the island enjoyed an era of relative peace autonomy which ended when Kerthanegara, the storngest prince of the Javanese Singhasari dynasty, became king.
Kerthanegara imprisoned the last member of the Balinese royal house and assumed control over Bali from his court in Java.
www.angelfire.com /pro/ohari/cerita_1.html   (376 words)

  
 [No title]   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
While the exact beginning of the Keris may never be known, it is usually listed by Kris collectors, that the first blade to be labelled Kris was the Majapahit Kris.
It is from the 13th Century East Javanese Kingdom of Singhasari.
This Empire was the predecessor of the great kingdom of Majapahit which included all Indonesia and Philippines as we know it today.
www.silateurope.com /kerisindailylife.html   (896 words)

  
 Hinduism in Southeast Asia - Asia Finest Discussion Forum
Hinduism in Southeast Asia influenced the Champa kingdom in Vietnam, the Srivijayan kingdom on Sumatra, the Singhasari kingdom and the Majapahit Empire based in Java, Bali, and a number of the islands of the Philippine archipelago.
The civilization of India influenced the languages, scripts, calendars, and artistic aspects of these peoples and nations.
The Singhasari kingdom fell to the Majapahit who allied with Mongols 1293 to defeat the Singhasari.
www.asiafinest.com /forum/index.php?showtopic=21252   (3513 words)

  
 Paragon Book Gallery | Browse Subjects | Full Citation
Ganesha Statuary of the Kadhiri and Singhasari Periods: A study of Art History
In an innovative approach, the statues are grouped into clusters with shared characteristics, which makes it possible to say something about their origin, dating, and purpose.
The author proceeds to analyse the sculptural techniques and symbolism used in the portrayal of Ganesha during the Kadhiri and Singhasari periods.
www.paragonbook.com /html/browsesubj/fullcitation.cfm?item=2975   (118 words)

  
 Majapahit Empire Summary
The founder of the Majapahit Empire, Kertarajasa or Prince (Raden) Wijaya, was the son-in-law of Kertanegara, the last ruler of the Singhasari kingdom, also based in Java.
Kertanegara, last ruler of the Singhasari kingdom, refused to pay tribute and the Khan sent a massive 1000 ship expedition which arrived off the coast of Java in 1293.
By that time, a rebel from Kediri, Jayakatwang had usurped and killed Kertanagara.
www.bookrags.com /Majapahit_Empire   (1407 words)

  
 SCC Forums > Best Army 1066 - 1453   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
Aug 8 2004, 02:53 PM Would have ended up like their attempts to conquer...
Aug 9 2004, 02:02 AM Ye - they had limited success (ie conquering Bagan - Burma - in 1287), but overall it was a failure, the Mongols suffering defeats such as Singhasari in 1293.
Ye - they had limited success (ie conquering Bagan - Burma - in 1287), but overall it was a failure, the Mongols suffering defeats such as Singhasari in 1293.
www.stratcommandcenter.com /forums/lofiversion/index.php/t795.html   (664 words)

  
 Southeast Asia: the Islands   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
A district on the northeast coast of Sumatra along the Straits of Malacca, the eastern lowlands below the mountain lake of Toba.
The state was created by a local adventurer who used a conflict between the King of Kadiri and the priestly class to foment a rebellion which toppled Kadiri.
In 1291, Kertanagara was approached by Mongol ambassadors from the court of Qublai Khan, in China, who demanded tribute from Singhasari.
www.ellone-loire.net /obsidian/seasiaisl.html   (2999 words)

  
 Database Unsorted - Batukaru.Info
In conclusion one must mention a great work in prose, the Pararaton.
It contains a collection of various tales relating to the history of tile Singhasari and Madjapahit dynasties.
As well as tales in which Ken Angrok, Raden Widjaya and Gadjah Niada figure as tile main characters, the work also contains chronicles and accounts of the princes of Singhasari and Madjapahit.
www.batukaru.info /jepun/jawa/barat/bandung1/parahyangan/panorama7.html   (400 words)

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