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First posted on January 9th 2010, last revised on May 10th 2010






Ken Arok took control of Tumapel, a vassall state of Kediri, where both Hinduism and Buddhism flourished. Tumapel was renamed Singhasari, and Hinduism its dominant religion. Ken Arok then defeated and conquered Kediri itself in 1222 for Singhasari to become the dominant power on Java. In 1275-1292 Singhasari launched campaigns against kingdoms on Sumatra, such as Jambi, Pasai, Samudra and Srivijaya, and by c.1290 had established itself as the preeminent power in the Malay Archipelago. The Mongol (Yuan) invasion of 1293 shattered Singhasari. Out of its fragments Majapahit and Pajajaran (Sunda Kingdom) emerged as successor states in central/eastern and in western Java respectively.







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WEB-BIBLIOGRAPHY . . . EXTERNAL FILES
Country Profiles Article : Singhasari, from Wikipedia
Links on History Category : History of Java, from Wikipedia
startpagina - Java, Dutch language site
Timelines Search Google News Archive for Singhasari, click Timeline
Timeline of Indonesian History, from Sejarah Indonesia , 11 sub-timelines, illustrated, very detailed
Accounts of History on Java L'Ile de Java, pp.273-290 in vol.1 of A.A. Bruzen de la Martiniere, Introduction a l'histoire de l'Asie, de l'Afrique, et de l'Amerique, 1735, in French, GB
Ancient History of Java, pp.293-303 in vol.2 of J. Crawfurd, History of the Indian Archipelago, 1820, GB
Thomas Stamford Raffles, The History of Java Vol.1, Vol.2 1830, posted on Internet Archive
Pieter Johannes Veth, Java Geografisch, Ethnologisch, Historisch (1878, in Dutch) , posted on Internet Archive
on Singhasari Article : Singhasari, from Wikipedia
The Period of Hindu Kingdoms, from Embassy of the Republic of Indonesia, Bangkok, Thailand
Specific Periods
Historiography J. Ras, Geschiedschrijving en de legitimiteit van het koningschap op Java, BLTV 150 1994 pp.518-538
Article Pararaton, from Wikipedia
Military Article Mongol Invasion of Java, from Wikipedia
Economy & Finances Hans-Dieter Evers, Traditional Trading Networks of Southeast Asia, Archipel 1988 vol.35 pp.89-100
Jan Wisseman Christie, Texts and Textiles in "Medieval" Java, Bulletin d'Ecole Française d'Extreme Orient 80 1993 pp.181-211
Ethnography
Religion Article : Hinduism in Java, from Wikipedia
History of Regions Article : History of Bali : Ancient Historical Period : Indiuanized Kingdoms : 800-1343 CE, from Wikipedia
Eastern Java and the archipelago from 1019 to 1292 (I), Eastern Java and the archipelago from 1019 to 1292 (II), from Network Indonesia
Local History Article Tumapel, from Wikipedia
Institutions
Culture De klassieke danskunst van Java, from bvgnet.nl, in Dutch
J. Kunst, De waardeering van exotische muziek in den loop der eeuwen, Dutch language speech held in 1942, 8 pp.
Biographies Articles Kertanegara of Singhasari, Ken Arok, from Wikipedia
Others

WEB-BIBLIOGRAPHY . . . EXTERNALLY POSTED DOCUMENTS
Historical Data Lists of Statesmen
Documents Document Collections Jan van den Veerdonk, Curses in Javanese Royal Inscriptions from the Singhasari-Majapahit Period, 1222-1486, BTLV 157 2001 pp.97-112
J. Ras, The Genesis of the Babad Tanah Jawi, Origin and Function of the Javanese Court Chronicle, BLTV 143 1987 pp.343-356
Historical Maps Maps of Singhasari, posted by Mapas Imperiales, scans, scroll down for Imperio de Singhasari
Institutions Archives
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PRINTED REFERENCE
Bibliographies Malayan Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society (MBRAS)
Search ISBN Database for Singhasari
Search RHS Bibliography for Singhasari
Search DBNG for Singhasari
Online Libraries Gutenberg Library Online, Internet Archive
Persee (French search engine)
Online Journals Archipel, use Persee (French search engine)
BTLV 1853-1908, 1950-2009
General Accounts Nicholas Tarling, The Cambridge History of Southeast Asia, 4 vol.s, Cambridge : UP (1992) 1999, KMLA Lib.Sign. 959 T188c
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 15th edition, Macropaedia, Vol.21, pp.213-245 Article Indonesia KMLA Lib.Sign. R 032 B862h v.21
Steven Drakeley, The History of Indonesia, Westport CT : Greenwood 2005, KMLA Lib.Sign. 959.8 0763h
Specific Topics
Historical Atlasses Jan M. Pluvier, Historical Atlas of Southeast Asia, Leiden : Brill 1995 [G]
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