Tulodong

Sri Maharaja Rakai Layang Dyah Tulodong was a maharaja of the Mataram Kingdom of Central Java[1]: 127  who succeeded Daksha and reigned for from 919 to either 924 or 928 AD. Historians have posited that Tulodong was the son of Balitung whose reign ended about eight years prior to the start of Tulodong's.

Tulodong
King of Mataram
Reign919 – 924
PredecessorRakai Hino Sri Daksottama
SuccessorMpu Wagiswara
BornDyah Tulodong
Regnal name
Sri Maharaja Rakai Layang Dyah Tlodhong Sri Sajjana Sanmatanuragattunggadeva
(Lintakan inscription)
HouseSanjaya
FatherRakai Watukura Dyah Balitung
ReligionShivaist Hinduism

Tulodong was likely a political outsider as he was not recorded as a member of the government of his predecessor.[2] He was succeeded by Rake Pangkaya Wawa who assumed power by February 928.[3]

References
  1. Coedès, George (1968). Walter F. Vella (ed.). The Indianized States of Southeast Asia. trans.Susan Brown Cowing. University of Hawaii Press. ISBN 978-0-8248-0368-1.
  2. Munoz, Paul Michel (2006). Early Kingdoms of the Indonesian Archipelago and the Malay Peninsula. Continental Sales, Incorporated.
  3. Van der Meulen, W. J. (1979). "King Sañjaya and His Successors". Southeast Asia Program Publications at Cornell University. 28 (28): 49, 51. JSTOR 3350894.


This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.