New Insights on Majapahit

This book offers new ways of understanding the past glory of the Majapahit empire from the present-day perspective through re-interpretations of the existing data, research of new data and findings, and syntheses of various results of previous studies. The book informs critical research on Indonesia's ancient past within the oeuvre of Indonesian Studies, differentiating itself from other studies about Majapahit, which focus much on its glory and create a rather mythical portrayal. The 'dark' side of the kingdom that is believed to have laid the foundation for Indonesia's unity seldom receives a serious attention or adequate exposure - and this book confronts this overlooked aspect. It covers analyses of the Majapahit Kingdom from different viewpoints that include archaeology, art history, philology, politics, postcolonial studies, diplomacy, and literary studies, which as a whole provides new insights about the ancient kingdom. It is a critical text for researchers and students studying the past and how it shapes and leaves its legacies in the present. The book is a timely contribution to the study of Indonesian history, and its role and postcolonial positionality within wider Southeast Asian history.

Draws from archaeology, art history, politics, philology, and literary studies to study issues related to Majapahit Shows how the ancient kingdom exerted its social, cultural, economic, and religious influence across Indonesia Considers the 'darker' side of the kingdom that is believed to have laid the foundation for Indonesia's unity

Inhalt

revisiting the imperium .- to pole pole and kambaq jawa story the representation and reproduction of majapahits presence in west sulawesi.- cosmopolite clay art from majapahit to banten cultural continuity.- the influence of majapahit architectural art and iconography on hindu religious legacy in bali.- kota cina trowulan and the study of ancient indonesian urbanization.- perception of acehnese on the existence of majapahit.- the majapahit narrative in the malay world a study of the historicity of hikayat hang tuah and the formation of malay identity.- angaraya majapahit in sulawesi.- bureaucracy and religion in bali post the majapahit expedition of the xivxv centuries.- adityawarman and the failure of majapahits diplomacy in minangkabau .- the bubat war reception by sundanese and javanese.- the mandala system in the power relations and hegemony of the majapahit kingdom representation in three javanese manuscripts.- the enigma of majapahit in debate from past to present.- between colonialism orientalism and nationalism the java instituut and the idea of majapahit in the late colonial period.- the depiction of gajah mada in two novels: a comparison of collective recognition in southeast sulawesi and south kalimantan.- the characterization of gajah mada in kakawin gajah mada.- raffles majapahit and wardenaars survey of trowulan in october 1815 the case of the dog that didnt bark in the night.- segaran pool and the distribution of important sites in trowulan: archaeological interpretation and review.- the ancient wells from the majapahit era at the site of trowulan.- traces of majapahit civilization on the northern slope of mount muria.- the reconstruction of the majapahit trail oral story.- the kedungwangi inscription a majapahit period record from lamongan.