The MAJAPAHIT KINGDOM

   The Majapahit kingdom was the name of a Hindu kingdom in East Java. This kingdom was established by Raden Wijaya to 1293. In the government's period of King Hayam Wuruk (1350-1389) that was accompanied by Patih (The leader of the war) Gadjah Mada (1331-1364), the Majapahit Kingdom experienced his golden period. 

    After King Kertanegara fell in the attack incident of King Jayakatwang (Kediri King), ended the story of the Singasari Kingdom. King Kertanegara as well as the other royal senior figure was killed in this attack. Raden Wijaya (the son-in-law King Kertanegara) immediately escaped to Sumenep, Madura, and received the protection from Arya Wiraraja, the ruler Sumenep. King Jayakatwang really honored Arya Wiraraja so as Raden Wijaya was pardoned. After receiving the amnesty from King Jayakatwang, Raden Wijaya as well as his follower was permitted to clean the forest Pull (now became the Trowulan Village, East Java) to be made the village. Here afterwards stood the centre of the Majapahit Kingdom.

Kertarajasa Jayawardhana
    To 1293 troops was supplemented by Ku- Khan from China came with the aim of destroying the Singasari Kingdom. They did not learn that Singasari was destroyed. This was made use of by Raden Wijava to take revenge on King Jayakatwang

The Majapahit rulers
Raden Wijaya: (1309)
Jayanegara: (1309-1328)
Tribhuwanatunggaldewi: (1328-1350)
Hayam Wuruk: (1350-1389)
Wikramawardhana: (1389-1429)
Suhita: (1429-1447)
Kertawijaya: (1447-1451)
Rajasawardhana: (1451-1453)
Bhre Wengker: (1456-1466)
Singhawikramawardhana: (1466-1468)
Kertabhumi: (1468-1478)
Ranawijaya/Girindrawardhana: (1478-?

Raden Wijaya troops co-operated by being supplemented by Ku- Khan that was numbering around 20,000 people. In a short time, the Kediri Kingdom was destroyed and King Jayakatwang was killed. Bilai Ku- Khan troops returned to the port, but in the middle of troops's Raden Wijaya trip with help of Singasari troops from Sumatra attacked these troops. Bilai Ku- Khan troops immediately went from the Javanese land and Raden Wijaya became the king with the Kertarajasa Jayawardhana degree

The Authority territory
The Majapahit authority territory covered all of Java (except the Sundanese land), most of P. Sumatra, Semenanjung Malaya, Kalimantan, and Indonesia the eastern part as far as Irian Jaya. The expansion of this territory was achieved by the blessing of expansion politics that was carried out by Patih Mangkubumi Gadjah Mada. In this period the Majapahit Kingdom reached the peak of his glory.

The Majapahit fall
   The Raden Wijaya death, Kerajaan Majapahit was stricken by several revolts. This revolt in part was the Ranggalawe revolt, Sora, and Kuti for the government's Jayanegara period (1309-1328), as well as the Sadeng revolt and Keta in the Tribhuwanatunggadewi period (1328-1350). The revolt could just end in the authority period of King Hayam Wuruk (1350-1389). After the authority period of King Hayam Wuruk, the prestige of the Majapahit Kingdom increasingly descended. To 1522, the Majapahit Kingdom was destroyed resulting from the occurrence of the civil war. Moreover, the factor that also influenced the collapse of the Majapahit Kingdom was the Malacca royal emergence and the Islam cultural expansion.