Ancient Indian Colonies in the Far East (Vol. I: Champa; Vol. II: Suvarnadvipa) v2.c14.t6.76

v2.c14.t6.76

A king Paduka Śrī Mahārāja Haji Jaya Pangus is known from thirteen records. One of these is dated in the year 1177 A.D., while the remaining were issued on one and the same day in the year 1181. In these he appears as the suzerain king, ruling over a circle of seven states in Bali (Balidvīpamaṇḍala). But the genuineness of these records has been justly doubted, and so no sure conclusion can be based upon them. Next we hear of two other kings, Śakalendu with a date 1201 A. D., and Bhaṭāra Parameśvara and Bhaṭāra Guru Śrī Adhikunti (ja)ketanā of 1204 A.D. Shortly after this Bali must have been conquered by Java. Chau Ju-kua, describing the state of things in the first part of the thirteenth century A.D., includes Bali among the fifteen vassal states of Java, though he expressly adds that Bali and Tañjungpura (South-West Borneo) were the most important among them.