Mpu Sindok, throne name: Sri Isyana Vikramadhammatunggadeva, was the last king of the Sanjaya Dynasty

Sanjaya Dynasty

The Sañjaya Dynasty was an ancient Javanese dynasty that ruled the Mataram kingdom in Java during first millennium CE. The dynasty was an active promoter of Hinduism in ancient Java.-Origin and formation:...

 who ruled the Kingdom of Mataram from Central Java, reigned from around 928 or 929 AD. Mpu Sindok moved the seat of power of the Mataram kingdom from Central Java

Central Java

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 to East Java

East Java

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 in 929 AD, probably as a result of the eruption of Mount Merapi

Mount Merapi

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 and/or invasion from Srivijaya

Srivijaya

Srivijaya was a powerful ancient thalassocratic Malay empire based on the island of Sumatra, modern day Indonesia, which influenced much of Southeast Asia. The earliest solid proof of its existence dates from the 7th century; a Chinese monk, I-Tsing, wrote that he visited Srivijaya in 671 for 6...

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The new capital of the kingdom was Watugaluh, on the banks of the Brantas River, near the present day Jombang Regency

Jombang Regency

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. The name of the new kingdom was changed from Mataram to "Medang", although it was still frequently referred to as "Mataram" in various pieces of literature. Mpu Sindok was also the founder of the Isyana Dynasty

Isyana Dynasty

The Isyana Dynasty, rulers of the Kingdom of Medang, was a dynasty of the Hindu Medang Kingdom on the island of Java. It followed the Sanjaya Dynasty, and was established by Mpu Sindok, who moved the capital of the Mataram Kingdom from Central Java to East Java around the year 928...

, and thus the new kingdom is also sometimes referred to as "Isyana". An inscription currently in the museum of Kolkata

Kolkata

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, India

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, describes Mpu Sindok's descendants down to Airlangga

Airlangga

Airlangga was the only raja of the Kingdom of Kahuripan, which was built out of the rubble of the Kingdom of Medang after the Srivijaya invasion...

, in the 11th century AD.

Mpu Sindok had two wives, one of whom, Sri Parameswari Dyah Kbi, was probably the daughter of Dyah Wawa, the preceding king of Mataram in Central Java. Thus, Mpu Sindok succeeded to the throne of Mataram because of his marriage.

Mpu Sindok died in 947 AD and was succeeded by his daughter, Sri Isyana Tunggawijaya.

See also

• Kingdom of Mataram