Wawa of Mataram
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Sri Maharaja Rakai Pangkaja Dyah Wawa Sri Wijayalokanamottungga, better known in Indonesia as Dyah Wawa, was the last ruler of the Mataram Kingdom
in Central Java
, Indonesia
(r. 924—929). What is known of him is mainly thanks to an inscription engraved on the so-called "Minto Stone
".
Wawa's son-in-law and successor, Mpu Sindok
(r. 929—947), moved the court of Mataram from Central Java to East Java in 929. The latter could have buried the former at Belahan Temple near Pasuruan
in East Java
.
Mataram Kingdom
The Medang or Mataram Kingdom was a Hindu-Buddhist kingdom that flourished between the 8th and 10th centuries CE. It was based in Central Java, and later in East Java. Established by King Sanjaya, the founder of the Sanjaya dynasty, the kingdom was ruled by the Sailendra and Sanjaya families...
in Central Java
Central Java
Central Java is a province of Indonesia. The administrative capital is Semarang. It is one of six provinces on the island of Java.This province is the province of high Human Development in Indonesia and its Points Development Index countries is equivalent to Lebanon. The province of Central Java...
, Indonesia
Indonesia
Indonesia , officially the Republic of Indonesia , is a country in Southeast Asia and Oceania. Indonesia is an archipelago comprising approximately 13,000 islands. It has 33 provinces with over 238 million people, and is the world's fourth most populous country. Indonesia is a republic, with an...
(r. 924—929). What is known of him is mainly thanks to an inscription engraved on the so-called "Minto Stone
Minto Stone
The Minto Stone, known in Indonesia as Prasasti Sanggurah, is a , tall stone tablet originally found in Malang, East Java province. In 1812, Sir Thomas Stamford Raffles, then lieutenant-governor of the island of Java, gave it as a token of appreciation to his superior, then British Governor...
".
Wawa's son-in-law and successor, Mpu Sindok
Mpu Sindok
Mpu Sindok, throne name: Sri Isyana Vikramadhammatunggadeva, was the last king of the Sanjaya Dynasty 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 to East Java in 929 AD, probably...
(r. 929—947), moved the court of Mataram from Central Java to East Java in 929. The latter could have buried the former at Belahan Temple near Pasuruan
Pasuruan
Pasuruan is a city and regency of East Java, Java....
in East Java
East Java
East Java is a province of Indonesia. It is located on the eastern part of the island of Java and includes neighboring Madura and islands to its east and to its north East Java is a province of Indonesia. It is located on the eastern part of the island of Java and includes neighboring Madura and...
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Further reading
- Coedès, Georges, Les États hindouisés d'Indochine et d'Indonésie
- Damais, Louis-Charles, "Études d'épigraphie indonésienne", Bulletin de l'École française d'Extrême-OrientÉcole française d'Extrême-OrientThe École française d'Extrême-Orient is a French institute dedicated to the study of Asian societies. Translated into English, it approximately means the French School of the Far East. It was founded in 1900 with headquarters in Hanoi in what was then French Indochina. After independence, its...
, 1951, Vol. 45, No. 45-1, pp. 1-63 - http://www.kitlv-journals.nl/index.php/btlv/article/view/30/29Jordaan, Roy E., "Bělahan and the division of AirlanggaAirlanggaAirlangga 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...
’s realm", in Bijdragen tot de Taal-, Land- en VolkenkundeBijdragen tot de Taal-, Land- en VolkenkundeBijdragen tot de Taal-, Land- en Volkenkunde is an academic journal on Southeast Asia and Indonesiathat was established in 1853 and is published in English by the Royal Netherlands Institute of Southeast Asian and Caribbean Studies. The journal focuses in particular on linguistics, anthropology,...
, 2008, pp. 326-355]