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The Sanjaya dynasty (Sanskrit: सञ्जय, romanized: sañjaya, lit. 'conquest, victory, triumphant') was a Javanese dynasty which ruled the Mataram Kingdom in Java during the first millennium CE.
Bosch suggested that Sanjaya was the progenitor of the Sanjaya dynasty, and two dynasties ruled Central Java; the Buddhist Sailendra and the Shivaist Sanjaya dynasty. [6] The inscription also states that Sanjaya was an ardent follower of Shaivism .
The inscription also states that Sanjaya was an ardent follower of Shaivism. From its founding in the early 8th century until 928, the kingdom was ruled by the Sanjaya dynasty. The first king was Sanjaya, who ruled in the Mataram region in the vicinity of modern Yogyakarta and Prambanan, and left the written records on the Canggal inscription.
Śrī Mahārāja Rake Halu Dyaḥ Siṇḍok Śrī Īśānawikrama Dharmottuṅgadewawijaya (also known as Dyah Sindok, Mpu Sindok or Sindok) was the last king of the Sanjaya dynasty who ruled the Kingdom of Mataram from Central Java, reigned from around 928 or 929 AD.
The successor of Samaratungga was his Buddhist daughter, Pramodhawardhani that betrothed to Rakai Pikatan of Sanjaya, son of the influential Rakai Patapan, a landlord in Central Java. Rakai Pikatan and the Sanjaya dynasty were Shivaite Hindus and are recorded in the Shivagrha inscription as having married a daughter of another religion. [2]: 108
The first four Sanjaya dynasty lines after King Sanjaya (Panangkaran, Panunggalan, Warak and Garung), which was known as the Amrati Kings, [4] competed over their power and religious influences with the Sailendras princes in the south of central Java who had arisen since 779.
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 929. Coedes states, "Sindok, under his reign name Sri Isyana Vikramadharmatungadeva, was always considered the founder of Javanese power in the east of the island."
It is dated to 907 [1]: 108 [2] and was created by King Balitung from the Sanjaya dynasty, of the Ancient Mataram Kingdom. This inscription contains a genealogy of the kings of Mataram before King Balitung. The inscription mentions that Mantyasih village was awarded by King Balitung as sima (tax-free) land.