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Maja Pahit (memory of Big Kingdom in Asean ) :gajah Mada

Accordinglodged by
to the Nagarakertagama, and supportedthe two young princesses led to the
by inscriptionsintervention
dating from the late 13th andof Gajah Mada, the talented minister
early 14th centuries,who was
Raden Wijaya Srilater to take Majapahit to the height
Kertarajasa Jayawardhana marriedof its
the fourglory. He arranged for a surgeon to
daughters of Kertanagara. From hismurder
eldest andthe king while pretending to perform an
principal queen, Dyah Dewioperation
Tribhuwaneshwari,With the death of Jayanagara the throne
was born a son, Jayanagara,of Majapahit
who succeeded towas without a direct male heir. The
the throne on his father'sposition
death in 1309.was occupied instead by the eldest of
During the reigns of both Kertarajasathe deceased
and Jayanagaraking's two sisters, Tribhuwana
the focus was on the establishmentWijayatungga Dewi,
of stabilitywho ruled until 1350. By that
within the new state. Numeroustime her son, Hayam
uprisings occurred,Wuruk, who had been born in
all of which were put down1334, became old
successfully, thoughenough to take over. During his
not without cost of lives.reign, as well
Then, in 1328, Jayanagaraas that of his mother, effective
was assassinated. It ispower was in
said that he was overprotectivethe hands of Gajah Mada, who had
towards his twobeen appointed
half sisters, born from Kertarajasa'sprime minister and commander-in
youngestchief.
queen, Dyah Dewi Gayatri. Complaints



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