Majapahjt.
A. J. 1400*
Nothing certain is known of the fate of the Prince Of Majapdhit. According
to some accounts, he, his fanlily, and immediate adherents, were
; pnt
“ Afterwards, in the feign of the Emperor Hut-pit-lyat, and Jo thethirteenth year of his reign,
" soldiers were sent frem China, but the Javan subjects were very numerous, and they could
H net, succeed.*
“ .The water of that country is called pa‘chak-an. Here is the mouth of a river.' This is
™ the place to invade the country. I t was here that Su-pit and Rohin, the generals of Hut-
“ pit-l$at, fought the people o f the country.
“ The country ofJaxu-iKa is divided between two kings, one to the West and one to the east. In
‘t 4 * « i g n of the Emperor Chee^Te of th e dynasty of iSeBgywlten that prince had .sat five years
“ on the. throne, the western prince, whose name was Fo-laan-pan, made war on the prince of
“ the eastern half of the island, and overthrew his kingdom.
“ In the reign o f the same ‘Chinese prince, and In the sixteenth year of his reign, the western1
“ king of Jaw-wa, whose namenow was Yang-'mi-see-sa, sent amission to China, with a present of
“ a white parrot.
. “ Half a day’s journey to the south-west of the river is the king’s palace, 'close to a tank.
“ Within this are two or three hundred houses.'. Reyen or eight ■persons wait on the king,
“ clothed in silk of various colours.
“ The king’s palace is built of bricks. In height, the wail is thirty feet. Its circumference
“ is about- 30,000 paces. The hair on th e king’s head is in appearance like growing
“ grass. He wears a cap ornamented at top with gold fashioned like leaves. A piece- of
“ silk is wrapped aver his bosom; round his waist he has a piece of embroidered silk t h e ,
“ wears a short weapon; his feet are hare. * Sometimes he rides on an elephant, and sometimes on
“ a bullock.
“ With respect to the people,, the hair of the men has- the' appearance of growing grass. Th e
“ women tie it in a knot at the top of the head ; they wear a coat and a long cloth. The men
“ invariably wear a short weapon at th e waist, which is of exquisite workmanship;
, “ Their laws never punish by corporal infliction. They take no account ofhfie'’ measure of a
“ man’s offences; the criminal, in all cases, is secured with rattans, and then put to death by
“ stabbing him.
“ In their traffic they use the money of China, but of a coinage older than the present times.
“ These coins bear a value double o f what they, do in China.
“ The inhabitants of the country have names, but no surnames. They are of a quarrelsome
“ disposition. In their persons they are ill-favored and filthy. Their color is a blueish black.
“ Their heads are like those of large monkies, and they go bare-legged. They believe in evil
“ spirits. In sitting and sleeping they neither use chairs nor beds : in eating they use-' neither
“ spoons nor chopsticks. With respect to food, they do not reject snakes, caterpillars, worms
“ and in sects.. They do not scruple to eat and sleep with their dogs.
“ In their marriage ceremonies it is the practice for the man to goto the house of the woman
“ where he stays five days; at the end o f this time the bride is received with music and noise at
“ the house o f the bridegroom. The bride wears no coat, her hair is loose, her feet are bare,
“■ and
Four hundred and fourteen years ago.
put to death' on the- assault of/the city; accoidbig fto others, he ’fled: to
Malang, and ultimately'ta-:Bd& I But the temporary establishment-formed set
Malang, .after the fall of Majapdhit, is^ascJ^bediBythe1 tradition of that
district* not’to-the'sovereign,, beat- ofily to the AcBpdti.of Majapdtet,-probably
one of - the: som-jaf'-Angka Wijdyd, who had remained -with his fathead and
Whs iridiflerently-termed BepAti Gtigur or Bepiti M^opdhit. The date at
Which Adgka,Wijdya^ascended- the throne scarcely-allows1 us. t® believe that
he was living :at the period 'of its1 final overthrow. ' This' date may i>e. determined
from the inscriptions on.several tombs irtilHn1 astat^of preservation.
The year marked on'the tomb o f the princess' of CMmpO* (vfhieb.is within
the ruins of Majapdhit) is >820'; ’that o»>the tohiB-©f'Mdldna Ibmldm, tfh&,
died ■ tw.enty-one years-after the arrival b f The Raja Chermev, in- IS
$834, ; and as the princess of Chdmpa mubt have been iliving1 at.the period
of Aria. Dim&r’cbeingjzsent'. to Palembang, whem-fhat -prin^q^hadf at lea&
attained the1 age of puberty, the accessionrofi Angka Wijdya ta-thfe thron’d
o f Majapdhit must’have been anterior teMhe- year and a-reign" of
eightyyearf-more than exceeds"the limits of probability. Ail-the* accounts
which are given of the fate-of i this p x in .» n d Ms family, agree in stating
that the- princessWf Chdmpa, who -must,i^Fj living, h a v e /been-nearly a hundred
years,of age, fell into-the hands oftti^ con q u e s t, and fouhd’ an
asylum wijfcthe.Sti»»» Btmmg of W m : but,this statemenehVMdispssved by
the recent-discovery, at Majapdhit of the tomb'nfrthisprindessp who appears
to have been Buried according'to the-.Mahometan custom', and out,whose
tomb-stonelthe date 1M& is ,found, in the old Javan'chakfrefers^iip, thdfiighefit
state b f ptetervation. p n ;; .. -V , ’V
In'those accounts which, represent;.the; prince• as having retreated-from
Mtijapdhit the following; particulars- are belated.
■ “ -.About twelve months' afteb the establishment of'-the-sUpremeauthority
# at Bmtara or Bemdk, the people-- of the more east-eraipte^cejagaip
“ -reverted to the standardiof Browijdya, wfahad- received assistance fr’oifl
H y B O B n U a B H H ■ ntifliM - VOL; II. ° , , ,
„ sod she wears a piece of .silk-round her Bosoto.. Sfii^mesj-she; wears ornaments of gold,
m pearls, aaa# preGioup. stones. ' .
« With respect to the dead, some a r e ^ o ^ -
t< authis-according f j S S B of t li e y ^ l^ e x p r& s e a Before' his l a i ‘‘ M e e^oYts of the
| country are gold, silver,1 pearls, rhinoceros’ horns, e legants’ feeth/'Yortb&khteir, Fefetle-
<*OnU1i, black pepper, sapan-WOod, g am wood; jkatoglhng.-.'Oojtbh;.'SunditWds, grfeen pigeons
V, and doves of various colgurs, parrots of .various ’colour?,, red, green, mid W&ite, •'with white
« deer and.yhite monkeys.”