Majapahit

The last Indianized kingdom in Indonesia; based in eastern Java, it existed between the 13th and 16th centuries. The founder of the empire was Vijaya, a prince of Singhasari, who escaped when Jayakatwang, the ruler of Kadiri, seized the palace. From 1292, it developed into the most powerful empire of the archipelago for two centuries until its decline in the face of the advance of Islam. The apogee of Majapahit was reached by King Hayam Wuruk and his prime minister, Gajah Mada.(1350-89, when the kingdom's suzerainty was extended to its farthest limits.

[Malay: ‘bitter fruit’]. Name of the ‘last and most glorious’ Indianized kingdom of Java. Founded in 1292 by king Vijaya, who defeated the Mongol fleet which had come to punish his predecessor, it developed into the most powerful empire of the Archipelago for two centuries until its decline in the face of the advance of Islam. The apogee of Majapahit was reached under king Ràjasanagara (135089) who, with the powerful Prime Minister Gaja Mada, extended the kingdom’s suzerainty to its farthest limits. At this stage he shared power in the whole of Southeast Asia only with the Thai kingdom of Ayutthaya, founded in the year of his own coronation.