TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - The city center of Majapahit lies among the village of Trowulan, 12 kilometers southwest of Mojokerto in East Java. With its center in East Java, the kingdom of Majapahit left many ...

The Majapahit kingdom is believed to be the largest pre-independence kingdom in the archipelago. Even after more than 700 years, vestiges of the kingdom’s heyday can still be seen in Trowulan ...

Majapahit was a Javanese Hindu-Buddhist kingdom based in Trowulan in East Java, which lasted from 1293 to the early 16 th century and reached its peak during the era of Hayam Wuruk.

The Trowulan area in Mojokerto, East Java, is home to magnificent temples believed to have been built during the Majapahit era, sometime between the 12th and 14th centuries. Interestingly, unlike the ...

For all Majapahit’s strengths and weaknesses, there can be no doubt that its rise and fall remains a story worthy of a broader audience. In his new book, Herald van der Linde tells the Majapahit story ...

A view of one of the hotel’s courtyards from the second storey balcony of the presidential suite. Credit: James Massola But nowhere even comes close to the 109-year-old Majapahit, which combines ...

HERALD van der Linde has just published the book, "Majapahit" (Intrigue, Betrayal and War in Indonesia's Greatest Empire), under the imprint of Monsoon Books in London. All of us who went to grade ...

MALACCA (THE STAR/ ASIA NEWS NETWORK) - Relics possibly dating back to the 13th-century Majapahit empire are believed to have been found along a 2km stretch beneath the Malacca river. Two weeks ...

Opened in 1910, Hotel Majapahit has a history more chequered than a chessboard: its name has frequently been changed; it served as a headquarters for the Japanese military during the second world ...