The Javanese Majapahit Empire was arguably able to encompass much of the modern day ASEAN due to its unique mastery of bronze smithing and use of a central arsenal fed by a large number of cottage industries within the immediate region.

Javanese bronze breech-loaded swivel-guns, known as meriam, or erroneously as lantaka, was used widely by the Majapahit navy as well as by pirates and rival lords.

Before colonization, Sumba was inhabited by several small ethnolinguistic groups, some of which may have had tributary relations to the Majapahit Empire.

Java was dominated by a kaleidoscope of competing agrarian kingdoms including the Sailendras, Mataram, Singhasari, and finally Majapahit.

The Javanese kingdom of Majapahit, which dominated eastern Java in the 14th and 15th centuries, was divided into nagara ( provinces ).

Majapahit was established by Wijaya and by the end of the reign of Hayam Wuruk ( r. 1350-89 ) it claimed sovereignty over the entire Indonesian archipelago, although control was likely limited to Java, Bali and Madura.

The Majapahit Empire, which was renowned for its great maritime strength, used to fly similar jacks on its vessels.

After the Srivijaya empire collapsed, around the 1000, Pahang was claimed first by Majapahit, Siam, and then by Sultanate of Malacca.

This mythical mountain of gods was mentioned in Tantu Pagelaran, an Old Javanese manuscript written in Kawi language from 15th century Majapahit period.

Prior to the 19th century, Singapore was a minor part of various regional empires, including Srivijaya, Majapahit, Malacca and Johor.

Majapahit was a vast thalassocratic archipelagic empire based on the island of Java ( modern-day Indonesia ) from 1293 to around 1500.

According to the Nagarakretagama ( Desawarñana ) written in 1365, Majapahit was an empire of 98 tributaries, stretching from Sumatra to New Guinea ; consisting of present day Indonesia, Singapore, Malaysia, Brunei, southern Thailand, the Philippines, and East Timor, although the true nature of Majapahit sphere of influence is still the subject of studies among historians.

New findings in April 2011, indicate the Majapahit capital was much larger than previously believed after some artifacts were uncovered.

The village was named Majapahit, which was taken from a fruit name that had a bitter taste in that timberland ( maja is the fruit name and pahit means bitter ).

About the time Majapahit was founded, Muslim traders and proselytizers began entering the area.

Demak under the leadership of Raden ( later crowned as Sultan ) Patah ( Arabic name: Fatah ) was acknowledged as the legitimate successor of Majapahit.

According to Babad Tanah Jawi and Demak tradition, the source of Patah's legitimacy was because their first sultan, Raden Patah, was the son of Majapahit king Brawijaya V with a Chinese concubine.

Another argument supports Demak as the successor of Majapahit ; the rising Demak sultanate was easily accepted as the nominal regional ruler, as Demak was the former Majapahit vassal and located near the former Majapahit realm in Eastern Java.

This source mentioned of Majapahit expansions has marked the greatest extent of Majapahit empire. This empire also serve as one of the most influence empire in the Indonesian history. It is considered as a commercial trading empire in the civilization of Asia.

In 1478 he defeated Kertabhumi and reunited Majapahit as one Kingdom.

The large split gate of Wringin Lawang located at Jatipasar, Trowulan, Mojokerto, East Java, is one of the oldest and the largest surviving candi bentar dated from Majapahit era.

When Rakrian Kuti, one of the officials in Majapahit, rebelled against the Majapahit king Jayanegara ( ruled 1309 – 1328 ) in 1321, Gajah Mada and the then-mahapatih Arya Tadah helped the king and his family to escape the capital city of Trowulan.

On one such visit to Majapahit, Taming Sari, a famous Majapahit warrior, challenged Hang Tuah to a duel.

Her father, Sang Rajuna Tapa, was one of Temasek's ministers, acted upon his family's holdings, turn sides and opened the way for a successful Majapahit invasion which ousted Paduka Sri Maharaja Parameswara.

* Even if the Sundanese only have one arm left, or even more if both the right and the left arms are destroyed, their eyes won ’ t be impressed if they are outnumbered on the battlefield .” The Sundanese vizier also got irritated as he heard the sharp words ( of the Majapahit envoy ).

Gusti Putri Retno Dumillah ( Tiara Jacquelina ), a princess of the Majapahit Kingdom, has fallen in love with one of Malaccan warrior Hang Tuah ( M. Nasir ).

Noted for their naval expansion spanned west — east from Lamuri in Aceh to Wanin in Papua, Majapahit was one of the last and greatest Hindu empires in Maritime Southeast Asia.

The last significant non-Muslim kingdom, the Hindu Majapahit kingdom, flourished from the late 13th century, and its influence stretched over much of Indonesia.

The last nobles and loyalists of the fallen empire of Majapahit fled from this point to Bali.

After the Majapahit Kingdom ceased to exist, it became an independent kingdom and, as such, the last Hindu kingdom of Java.

The victor, Prince Wijaya, son-in-law of Kertanegara, the last Singhasari king, then ascended the throne as Kertajasa Jayawardhana, the first king of the great Majapahit Empire, on November 12, 1293.

Sabdapalon was a priest and adviser to Brawijaya V, the last ruler of the Hindu empire Majapahit in Java.

* 1527: Fall of Majapahit empire, the last Hindu stronghold in South East Asia.

The last and largest among Hindu-Buddhist Javanese empires, Majapahit, influenced the Indonesian archipelago.

Among these Hindu kingdoms, the most important was Majapahit, the largest and the last significant Hindu kingdom in Indonesian history.

After the fall of Palembang to Majapahit invasion, there was no major political power to control the town.

An example of resurgence around major archaeological remains of ancient Hindu temple sites was observed in Trowulan near Mojokerto, the capital of the legendary Hindu empire Majapahit.

An example of resurgence around major archaeological remains of ancient Hindu temple sites was observed in Trowulan near Mojokerto, the capital of the legendary Hindu empire Majapahit.

In the 12th century, settlers from the collapsing empires of Srivijaya, Majapahit and Brunei, led by the chieftain Datu Puti and his tribes, settled in the island of Panay and its surrounding islands.

The maritime empires of Srivijaya and Majapahit also benefited from the lucrative spice trade between the spice islands with China and India.

The story begins in the northeastern corner and describes events during eras such as the Singhasari and Majapahit empires.

Local Rajahs gave tribute to such Hindu-Buddhist empires that included Sri Vijaya and Majapahit.