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Timeline   Part 1. Neolithicum - 1400 AC
2500 BC Migration of the Indonesian people from Juun-nan (South China), neolithical period
1500 BC Neolithical and Megalite cultures
500 BC Inflow of Dongson and late Chau cultures
Java Bali Sumatra Other islands
100 AC

Start of Indian Colonisation

400 AC First Hindu kingdom in West-Java (Taruma) Chinese reports of power concentrates Hindu kingdom in Borneo
600 AC Central-Javanese Period
(First traces of a power-concentration in Central Java
Empire of Melaju (Jambi, East Sumatra), Empire of Sriwijaya. Palembang as centre of buddhist studies (Hinajana).

Stone buildings

700 AC Hindu empire of Sanjaya (732 AC)

Candi at Dieng Plateau

Sjailendra Dynasty (778 AC)
Mahajana Buddhism

Candi Kalasan
Candi Pawon
Candi Mendut

First signs of buddhism Large expansion of the power of Srivijaya.
Conquering of the Malayu peninsula (775)
800 AC Borobudur
Candi Sewu

Mataram Dynasty (864)

Prambanan complex

Srivijaya becomes a Javanese protectorate.
Sjailendra power moves to Sumatra.
900 AC East-Javanese Period (927)
Mpu Sindok (928-950)

first literature
Deparwa Ramajana

Empire of Pedjeng (Bedulu-Pedjeng)

King Udajana marries East-Javanese princes Mahendradatta and get a son: Airlangga

Sjailendra rule Sumatra and Malayu peninsula

Mataram attacks Srivijaya (992)

1000 AC Invasion by Srivijaya (1006)

Airlangga (1010-1049)

Mpu Kanwa
Reign is devided into Kediri and Janggala (1045)

Kediri Dynasty (1045-1222)

East-Java and Bali under one kingdom

Javanisation of Balinese culture
Candi at Tampaksiring
Start of classical period

After 1049 Bali is independent again

Sjailendra of Sumatra attack Java (1006)

Power of Srivijaya decays

Melayu regains power

1100 AC literature flourishes - Ramayana, Bharata

Mpu Sedah - Mpu Panaluh (1157)

1200 AC Singhasari dynasty (1222-1294)
Ken Angrok (Radjasa 1222-1227)

Candi Kidal (1240)
Candi Jago (1268)
Candi Singhasari

Kertanegara (1268-1292)

Chinese fleet-attack (1293)

Mojopahit dynasty (1294 - 1520)

Bali submitted by Kertanegara (1284)

Bali regains independence (1292)

Melayu acknowledges the power of Kertanegara over Java (1275)

Islamic period starts

Samudra first islamic state

1300 AC Raden Wijaya (Kertaradjasa 1294-1309)

Panataran complex

Gadja Mada
prime minister (1331-1364)

Hayam Wuruk (1350-1389)

largest expansion of the Mojopahit empire

Submission by Gadja Mada.

Strong Javanese influence on Balinese culture

Reign of Gelgel

Besakih temple complex

Melayu is driven to the centre of Sumatra (Minangkabau)

 

 

Reign of Pasei

1400 AC Decline of Mojopahit

Start of islamisation

Malik Ibrahim (1419)
Wali Dynasty in East-Java
(Prabu Sadmata)

Autonomous development of Balinese culture Empire of Malakka

Strong expansion of Islam

Development of Malaysian literature
Classical period

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