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HISTORY HR JAVA.
A. J.1221.
Raden Tand
The box being carried down the stream w_as discovered .by a flgbermin, who
brought up the child as his own, until he arrived at twelve years o f . age.
finding" him then to possess' extraordinary abilities, he carried him’ to
Pyqjdran for further.instruction, and placed' him under the-charge .of his
brother, who was: skilled, in: the working .of iron and sfee|.; ;To the hoy he
igave the name ,ef Banidk Wedi,\
. The youth soon excelled in the manufacture of all kinds of iron-work,
and in the wild tradition of the country,; he' is said to have fashioned, the
red hot; irpn with his fiagerg. In a .short time he was -made .•phief of the
Pdndi, of ironsmiths, and admitted to,-4he. familiar intercourse of his father,
Munding Wangu Having constructed an iron-.chamber or, page, which
particularly attracted the, attention _of the prince, he 'succeeded in persuading
him to sleep in it, when closing the .door, he -according, to ;some accounts
. burned him alive, or according, to others caused him to be thrown into
the South Sea at Kdndang West, thus-fulfilling the prophecy of the
I deyoteo, ••
• Baidak Wedi new assumed the government, declaring-who he .was-; but
being opposed by his brother, Tanduran, -who had been destined to succeed
his father, it was, some time before:.his authority was acknowledged. A t
•length defeating .his- -brother, in a general .engagement, the latter escaped
with only three followers, and Banidlc Wedi was declared sovereign, under
the title of BroiQvjdya CJubng Wqndra.
Baden Tanduran arriving at the riy;er Gwiiung, -took refuge -at the house
of a widow, and afterwards meeting with his sister, who was performing a
penance on"the -mountain.Chennai (the mountain of Cher-ibmj), he was
■ encouraged by her to proceed further east, following the course pf a
bird which she desired that, he would -let loose -for „the purpose, - till he
reached the district of Wirasabct. -Here lie observed a plant, .-called the
=mdja, . entwined round a tree. lie wished , to eat of the -fruit, ■ hut finding it
extremely bitter threw it away, and asked one of his followers, K id i Wira.,
the ‘reason of its bitterness. I. have heard,” replied K idi Wira,
that it was here .your- forefathers -fought in the war Bi-ala Y/idlia.” On
"which the prince said, “ Then let-us . stop here -and establish our kingdom,
•“ and let us call it Mqjapdh.it.” This was in the Javan year -lggJL.
Tn the Javan language nidja and paliit both signify “ bitter .but the
name of this kingdom, also called Mauspdhit, is more probably derived
.from
from Mans Pa li, the ancient capital of Arjuna Wijdya, in whom the Javan's
believe Vishnu .to have been inccvniate...
BaSen Tandikan was first assisted by the people: oT'Mban; who hearing of
the arrival of a prince of royal descent, immediately flocked to his standard.
Afterwards Aria Babang'a, who had been driven from Gain by the forces of
Chi6ng Wanara, 'joined his younger brother/: Bdden Tanduran;'and was
appointed to the charge of the eastern districts along the Solo river, under
the title of Aria Panular. In a short time considerable emigrations took
place from Fajajdran, in consequence of the heavy demands made upon the,
people. Among. others, Brama JDeddli at the-head of eighty Bdndi, or u on-
smiths, with their families, are said, to have deserted their country. They
we*e pursued as Fat as the river- Pamdli in Br'ebes, but effected their' escape^’
and;Were received with hpfen arms at Majapdhit.
rQtiong Wanara, ’oh demanding that the, Pdndi should he delivered up,
received a positive refusal, and in consequence declared war against his half
brothery; whose, authority by this time extended as far - as Bdtang. Both:
princes, with " their ‘.respective arm ids/1 moved towards -the centre of thtC
island'i^fth^ Tdtfek of Mqjapahit encamped1 at TMg’drang,' and those pf,
Pajcjaran at Kalmdingu. gendrahjengagement now, took-place j which
proving indecisive, a personal combat betwe.cn the two chiefs was about to
occur, when it was mutually agreed, thak-from'thenceforth fthe ctmntoies to’
the west-should be subject to Pqjtydfim, and the east to Mqjapuh.it,
a line being drawn due'south from a stone column‘placed near the spot in,
commemoration of the agreement. This column* is still to be seen at Tugu,
a few miles Vtest of Semarang. This treaty* supposed to have beep made
» the Javan year dues-Pot appeal to have lasted longer than the life
time (A Chiorig Wandra; for several of the finest provinces, and partrcularly
those to the east of Chi Pamdli, had been laid waste, and the succeeding
chiefs not being able to reduce the country to order and submission, appear
to have placed themselves under the immediate protection of MajapdJiit.
They accordingly delivered up the gun ng’ai stomi, and several of smaller
calibre, which were considered as thepusdJca (inheritance or regalia) of Paja~
jdran, and are still held sacred by the princes of Java. The gun stomi is
now in the possession of the Susithunan.
An ineffectual attempt was made by BAtu Detva, a. native of Swung an in
Gheribon, Who, on the departure of Aria Babang'a, had been entrusted with
O S the
* See plate, Antiijuitie*.