Just south of Mojokerto in East Java lies a somewhat peculiar and humble temple complex. Sitting among rice paddies and lily ponds, Pura Kawitan Majapahit pays homage to an empire thought of by many ...

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At its peak the Majapahit empire, in the days of King Hayam Wuruk and his feared vizir Gajah Mada, controlled a huge amount of territory, from modern day southern Thailand to Singapore, Java, Sumatra, ...

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MALACCA (THE STAR/ ASIA NEWS NETWORK) - Relics possibly dating back to the 13th-century Majapahit empire are believed to have been found along a 2km stretch beneath the Malacca river. Two weeks ago, a ...

Bricks found in the toll road construction project in Malang, March 2019. (Tempo/Eko Widianto) While the construction continues, many locals came to see the alleged ancient brickwork; “I was curious, ...

HERALD van der Linde has just published the book, "Majapahit" (Intrigue, Betrayal and War in Indonesia's Greatest Empire), under the imprint of Monsoon Books in London. All of us who went to grade ...

Revisionists claim that China is not war-like, that it never invades neighbors, like the Malays. History belies that. In 1293 Kublai Khan of the Yuan Dynasty tried to subjugate Java, seat of the ...