Brokamto,
hig-hestpèrfection; and.the first damaked krises were now made by thepdndi
(smiths) from Pqjqjdran, who became so distinguished that they were ap'-l
pointed to the charge of districts with a thousand chdcha each. The kris,
which was afterwards placed on the tomb of Susünan Giri, is said to have
been manufactured at this time from a piece of old iron found by the prince.
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“ daughter of the Raja, he assumed the government’, under the title "of Sang Sapurla Trimurti
T rib u a n a , and had by her four cluldren ; two- daughters, named Chandra Dewi and Putra
“ Sri Dewi, and two sons,-named Sang Mutiaga and Sang N i la Utama. ■ ;
« After some years SangSapurla was seized with a desire to view the ocean, and wént in
I “ search of a good situation for a “new settlement,-leaving the younger brother of Demang
“ Debar Daon in the government of Palembang the fleet being, prepared,- they set sa il
“ from the river o f Palembang, and after steering six days and nights’ towards the south, arrived
“ at Tanj’ung pura, where Sang Sapurla was very honorably received by the'Raja, and a thou-
” sand chiefs introduced him into the country, seated him on the throne, and honoured him like
« a prince. Ns soon as the news of his arrival had reached Majap&hit, the Bitara, who-was
“ very powerful, came to make him a visit. Sang Sapurba received him Very graciously, and
c' gave him in marriage his daughter Chandra Dewi. After this ceremony the Bitara of Maja- I
“ pahil returned to his capital; and it is from this marriage (say the Malayan traditions) that
“ the Rajas of Majapdb.it are descended.
« After a long residence at Tanfung pura, Sang Sapurla set Out again in search of some
" other country; but he first’ married his son,' Sang Mutiaga, to thé-daughter' of-the-Raja
” Tanj’ung pura, and established him on the throne of that country/ giving him asuperb crown.-
“ After leaving Tanj’ung pura. he traversed the sea until he arrived in the strait of Samlor I
« in view of the Mils of Ling’go, (Lingen), The news quickly .-reached Benton, at .this time
“ under the sway óf a queen, named Pramiswari Sedan der'Shah. Sang Nit a Vtama, the younger
“ so« ^ g Sapurba, was married to her daughter, named Wan Sri Bird, and afterwards
“ became Raja of the country.
. “ Sang Sap u rb a then left Benton, and having sailed for a day and a night arrived at Bu ko,
.whence he proceeded to the point of B a la n g , and ascended thé river Buantan, wherOat was
rePorted the country was extremely populous. When' he had ascended far up tire river he
“ “ rived at Mena nglcab a u. AH the Menanlcabaus were-surprized at his' appearance-and the1
“ splendour of his diadem, and they all came to inquire whence he came.- As soon as they
“ heard o f his adventures, and that he was a descendant of Sultan Sekander ' Zidlcarneind, all
“ the ohref men of Menanglcabau consulted about appointing' him Raja, since they had hone ;
“ and after he had, as a condition, succeeded in destroying an immense snake which harrassed
“ 0,6 c°untry, he was unanimously elected Raja by the people of Buantan, and of him are
“ descended all the generations of the Rajas of Pagaruyang.
“ _SanS T f ila Utama afterwards quitted B e n to n , and founded the city of Singdpura, situated
“ on the southern extremity of the Malayan peninsula. This evént is supposed to have taken
“ place, A.D; 1I6Ó. '•
“ ^n *e successesors of Sang Nila Utama were Paduha Sri Wihrdma, Sri Rama Wikrama,
“ and Sekander Shah, who being, driven out of Singa pura byi th eMajapahit-forces, after-
« wards established the city' of Malaca'. His successor, Mahomed Shah, first embraced
“ Mahometamsm, in the year 1276."—Malayan Amah.
The feign of the third prince o&MqjdpdMt was of very short duration, and
he was/succeeded by Ardi Wyaya^ Who putting to death the-priine minister, ,
eventually vfell a sacrifice to tjhft just'revenge. ,of the minister’s son. ■
, -This prince,».rhowever, is distinguished by r tbe^extent of his conquests,
and ;for jthe .vi-efory he; obtained--oyer Sri Sin JAérga, King-of Smg’apwra
on the-Malayan peninsula, whose subjects lived by piracy,, but by this event
became tributary tp AStajapdh.it.'
■ To him. succeeded the fifth prince of Majapahit, named Mérta Wij ay a, MertaWijaya,
^hpse munis ter/■ Gyja-.Madd, .became celebrated for his virtues and abilities,
and fof the' co.de- of regulations which at this day exists under.his name. In
his reign, thé conquest o f Indragiri, or Sumatra,' which, had been bègun by -
hij gre,4ece,ssör,' wasjsucgpssfully completed,
. Aqco^nts, jliffer regardingythe successor of his. prince* some considering
Rdden Alit, higib.rQthèry-!tb''have^ succeeded.at an early.age,-. and.others that
Rdden Alit is.the same with Angka Wyaya, tire last sovereign: of Mqjapdfnti
According to the latter ,accounts, many of the principal events reported to
have taken place in the reign of Alit are brought: under that- o f Mérta
Jfïimi- ;
r One, of the sovereigns of Mqjapdkit, according to the Malayan, annals, had
two sons by the daughter of .the Raja of the mountain Sa Guntang ; the
eldest named Rdden Ino Mérta Wdngsa,'and theybunger Rdden'.MasPamdru
The eldest succeeded to- the; government of Mqjapdkit,-jAke authority, of •
which* ffl\en extended over the whole of Java, and all'the -Rajas,of Nusa
Tamara (probably Bali) likewise paid, allegiance. for half-, .their lands. The-
sovereign of Majapdkit heard of the extensive country of Malaca which did
not owe him allegiance* and.sent a largë-.fleet against Render, the command
of Demdng Wirtya. ' The Javans,.' however, did nöt.- succeed: they were
< foreedjto.rctreat ,to their prahus and to return to Majapahit..
Through the wisdom .of. the minister, Gdja Mdda, who was continued in
office,, and the prudent, direction of Alit Wijdya, the kingdom oFiMajapakit
rose to the.highest pitch of wealth and.glory. Several.nations on Sumatra,
and among them the, people of PaUmbang, as well as - the inhabitants.of the
southern states of Borneo, who had no regular government at that period,
obtained from him protection against the people of Ldmpung, and in return
acknowledged thé supremacy of Majapahit. The authority of this empire
now. extended eastward over Baltimbdngan and Bdli, and westward, over
what was then termed the kingdom of Sv/fida, which . included,; the
! western