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

AccordingGayatri. Complaints
to the Nagarakertagama, and supported bylodged by the two young princesses led
inscriptionsto the
dating from the late 13th and early 14thintervention of Gajah Mada, the talented
centuries,minister who
Raden Wijaya Sri Kertarajasa Jayawardhanawas later to take Majapahit to the height
married theof its glory. He
four daughters of Kertanagara. From hisarranged for a surgeon to murder
eldest andthe king while pretending
principal queen, Dyah Dewi Tribhuwaneshwari,to  perform  an  operation
was born a
son, Jayanagara, who succeeded toWith the death of Jayanagara the throne of
the throne on hisMajapahit was
father's  death  in  1309.without a direct male heir. The position
was occupied
During the reigns of both Kertarajasa andinstead by the eldest of the deceased
Jayanagaraking's two sisters,
the focus was on the establishment ofTribhuwana Wijayatungga Dewi,
stabilitywho ruled until 1350. By that
within the new state. Numerous uprisingstime her son, Hayam
occurred, allWuruk, who had been born in 1334,
of which were put down successfully, thoughbecame old
not withoutenough to take over. During his reign, as
cost of lives. Then, in 1328, Jayanagarawell as that
was assassinated.of his mother, effective power was in
It is said that he was overprotectivethe hands of Gajah
towards his two halfMada, who had been appointed
sisters, born from Kertarajasa'sprime minister and
youngest queen, Dyah Dewicommander-in chief.



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