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The eldest son sent back to Java that unstitched her throne

The eldest son sent back to Java that unstitched her throne

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A powerful Javanese princess marries into the Balinese royal family, but her eldest son is sent away before he can inherit the throne. What happened to the queen?

The eldest son sent back to Java that unstitched her throne

This episode explores the story of Mahendradatta, a 10th-century Javanese princess who became queen of Bali, and the two conflicting accounts of her life that emerged after her death. It examines how power is remembered and who controls that narrative.

Person: Mahendradatta
Date: 993 CE
Location: Bali
Topic: Southeast Asian royalty
Period: 10th-century

- Mahendradatta, also known as Gunapriya Dharmapatni, was born in 961 CE in East Java, the daughter and sister of kings from the Isyana dynasty.
- Her marriage to Udayana Warmadewa, the king of Bali, was a strategic alliance to reinforce Bali's status as a vassal state to Mataram.
- Stone inscriptions from 993 and 994 CE place Mahendradatta's name before her husband's, indicating her genuine co-governance and administrative authority.
- She promoted the worship of Durga, a goddess of destruction and power, in Bali, signifying a sovereign feminine principle.
- At some point, the inscriptions stopped placing her name first, and her eldest son, Airlangga, was sent back to Java before he could inherit the Balinese throne.

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