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In
some villages in the south-west the western Javanese
angklung is met with.
It
is remarkable that these tiandis arc not free-standing
buildings, but are hewn out of steep cliffs, so that
each stands in a recess of its own. N','XL to these
recesses a hermitage was also built into the cliff.
This
above mentioned political independence continued until
Kertanagara the most powerful prince of the Singhasari
dynasty, acceded to the throne. In 1284 he took tile
last descendant of Airlangga to rule in Bali to Java
as a prisoner dissension and governed Bali from there.
Kertanagara was murdered in 1292, and Bali adroitly
utilized tile opportunity provided by the political
dissension in eastern Java to regain its liberty. But
it was once again subjected when Gadjah Mada raised
the Madjapahit dynasty to a new summit of power. lie
ordered the Javanese to establish a settlement on Bali,
thus ensuring that Java's influence upon this refractory
island should be permanent.
It
is remarkable that these tiandis arc not free-standing
buildings, but are hewn out of steep cliffs, so that
each stands in a recess of its own. N','XL to these
recesses a hermitage was also built into the cliff.
The
consequences of this measure were to prove more far-reaching
than its auctor intellectualis could foresee: when the
mighty kingdom of Madjapahit collapsed and many valuable
art treasures were lost in Java, eastern Javanese culture
was able to maintain itself on Bali. As has been mentioned
earlier many literary works which appeared in eastern
Java were re-discovered on Bali
In
the events of later years the Kingdom of Gelgel now
emerges. Its rise must be dated to the 14th century.
Attempts to extend its authority over neighboring areas,
the Hindu Balambangan and tile island of Lombok to the
east of Bali.
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