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This is a partial list of the identified hereditary rulers on the Indonesian island Java, and the adjacent island Madura.. Included are some states and rulers whose existence remain open to conjecture, due to inadequate historical evidence, while others are historically verifiable.
The Mataram kingdom (/ m ɑː t ɑː r ɑː m /, [2] Javanese: ꦩꦠꦫꦩ꧀, Javanese pronunciation:); also known as Medang kingdom was a Javanese Hindu-Buddhist kingdom that flourished between the 8th and 11th centuries. It was based in Central Java, and later in East Java.
Javanese monarchs - royalty and monarchs of the island of Java, in Indonesia Subcategories. This category has the following 10 subcategories, out of 10 total. D.
The bitter-tasting fruit is the origin of the kingdom's name. The name Majapahit (sometimes also spelled Mojopait to reflect Javanese pronunciation), derives from Javanese, meaning "bitter maja". German orientalist Berthold Laufer suggested that the maja element comes from the Javanese name of Aegle marmelos, an Indonesian tree. [17]
Javanese names may come from traditional Javanese languages, many of which are derived from Sanskrit. Names with the prefix Su-, which means good, are very popular. After the advent of Islam, many Javanese began to use Arabic names, especially coast populations, where Islamic influences are stronger. Commoners usually only have one-word names ...
The Sultanate of Yogyakarta, officially the Sultanate of Ngayogyakarta Hadiningrat [9] (Javanese: ꦏꦱꦸꦭ꧀ꦠꦤ꧀ꦤꦤ꧀ ꦔꦪꦺꦴꦒꦾꦏꦂꦡ ꦲꦢꦶꦤꦶꦔꦿꦠ꧀, romanized: Kasultanan Ngayogyakarta Hadiningrat Javanese pronunciation: [ŋajogjɔkartɔ hadinɪŋrat]; Indonesian: Kesultanan Yogyakarta) is a Javanese monarchy in Yogyakarta Special Region, in the Republic ...
Java was the site of many influential kingdoms in the Southeast Asian region, [71] and as a result, many literary works have been written by Javanese authors. These include Ken Arok and Ken Dedes, the story of the orphan who usurped his king, and married the queen of the ancient Javanese kingdom; and translations of Ramayana and Mahabharata.
Kediri Kingdom or Kāḍiri, also known as Pañjalu (Javanese: ꦥꦚ꧀ꦗꦭꦸ) and Gégélang (Javanese: ꦒꦺꦒꦺꦭꦁ) in 1292–1293, was a Hindu-Buddhist Javanese kingdom based in East Java from 1042 until 1222 (1292–1293 under Jayakatwang).