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The name Medang then emerged from various inscriptions not only in Central Java but even in East Java. The name identifies that the Medang palace is located in the territory of the Mataram kingdom. The etymology of the name "Medang" might be derived from a local name of the hardwood "medang" tree which refer to trees of the genus Phoebe. [19]
This phrase reveals the name of the palace of the Mataram Kingdom. This shows that the name Mdaŋ (read: Mdang or Medang) is a Kadatwan (read: Kadatwan or Kedaton) meaning palace. The phrase "Kadatwan Mdaŋ i Bhûmi Matarâm" literally means "Medang Palace in the Land of Mataram", which means that Medang is the name of the palace of the Mataram ...
Medang Kamulan was a semi-mythological kingdom that is believed to be once established somewhere in Central Java according to Javanese mythology. It is either perceived as the predecessor or the actual historical kingdom of the Medang Kingdom .
After ruling the Medang Kamulan kingdom, Aji Saka sent a messenger to inform his faithful servants to bring the pusoko to him. Dora came to Sembodo and told him that Aji Saka ask them to bring the pusoko to Java. Sembodo refused, since he clearly remembered Aji Saka's order: no one except Aji Saka himself was allowed to take the pusoko.
Some historians associate the toponym Medang in this inscription regarding the Medang palace in Java at that time, although the name is a common term of Malayo-Polynesian origin. [ 1 ] Description
Borobudur relief depicting a royal elephant escorted by soldiers, during Mataram (Medang) era Java. One theory suggests that Shailendra was a native Javanese dynasty and the Sanjaya dynasty was actually a branch of the Shailendras since Sri Sanjaya and his offspring belong to the Shailendra family that were initially the Shaivist rulers of the ...
The king's palace was a two-storey building, each of them 3 or 4 chang high (9.32–12.42 metres or 30.6–40.7 feet). It had wooden plank floors and exposed mats made from rattan or reeds (presumably palm leaves), where people sat cross-legged.
A marble palace, stelae, houses and cemeteries dating from this period were discovered by archaeologists. [ 12 ] [ 13 ] [ 14 ] The current Gao built on a site near Gao-Saney was the capital of the largest contiguous land Empire of Songhai (1464-1591, [ 15 ] destroyed during the invasion of Songhai by the Saadians it is today the regional ...