Padjajaran Kingdom

Cultural Diversity - Pajajaran Kingdom is another name for the Sunda kingdom as the royal capital is the city or Pakuan Pajajaran Pajajaran (Bogor), West Java. The word itself comes from the word Pakuan Pakuwuan which means city. In the past, in Southeast Asia have a custom name of the kingdom with its capital name. Some notes mention that this kingdom was founded in 923 by Sri Jayabhupati, as mentioned in the inscription Sanghyang Tread.



History

From historical records, both from the inscriptions, ancient manuscripts, and records of foreign nations, it can be traced traces of this kingdom; among others about the kingdom and the capital Pakuan Pajajaran. Concerning the Kingdom of Sunda kings who ruled from the capital Pakuan Pajajaran, there are sequence differences between manuscripts Pajajaran Chronicle, Carita Parahiangan, and Carita Waruga Teachers.

In addition to manuscripts chronicle, Kingdom Pajajaran also left some traces of relics from the past, such as:
Stone Inscription Write, Bogor
Inscription Sanghyang Tread, Sukabumi
Inscription Kawali, Ciamis
Portuguese Treaty Monument (Padrão), Kampung Tugu, Jakarta
Hunting park, which is now the Bogor Botanical Gardens.

List of kings Pajajaran
Baduga Sri Maharaja (1482 - 1521), enthroned in Pakuan (now Bogor)
Surawisesa (1521 - 1535), enthroned in Pakuan
Queen of the Gods (1535 - 1543), enthroned in Pakuan
Ratu Sakti (1543 - 1551), enthroned in Pakuan
Queen Nilakendra (1551-1567), leaving Pakuan Hasanudin attack and his son, Maulana Yusuf
Sports Mulya (1567 - 1579), known as Prabu Surya Kencana, reigned from Pandeglang

Collapse

Pajajaran Kingdom collapsed in 1579 due to attack other Sunda kingdom, namely the Sultanate of Banten. The end of the era marked by diboyongnya Palangka Pajajaran Sriman Sriwacana (singgahsana king), from Pakuan Pajajaran to the Palace of Surosowan at Maulana Yusuf Banten by the troops.

200x160x20 cm-sized stones were brought to Bantam for a political tradition that in the unlikely Pajajaran Pakuan again been crowned the new king, and indicates Maulana Yusuf is the legitimate successor of the Sunda power because great-daughter is a daughter of Maharaja Sri Baduga. Sriman Palangka Sriwacana currently be found in front of the former Palace of Surosowan in Banten. Watu Gilang Banten people call it, means shiny or glow, synonymous with the word Sriman.

Currently it is estimated there are some who left the palace courtier and settled in the area of Lebak. They apply the procedure of strict mandala of life, and now they are known as the Baduy.