Kahuripan

Kahuripan was a short-lived Javanese Hindu-Buddhist kingdom founded in 1019 by Airlangga, a prince of the Ishana dynasty. It arose from the ruins of the Mataram kingdom, whose capital had been destroyed in 1006 by a rebellion led by the vassal king Wurawari, probably with Srivijayan support. Airlangga escaped the massacre, lived as a hermit and then rallied loyal officials to reunite the former Mataram lands. His new kingdom stretched from Pasuruan in the east to Madiun in the west, centred on the lower Brantas valley in East Java. He made peace with Srivijaya and, as that empire declined under Chola attacks, extended his authority to Central Java and Bali. Airlangga was a patron of both Hinduism and Buddhism and of literature; the court poet Mpu Kanwa composed the Arjuna Wiwaha in 1035. In 1045 he abdicated and divided the kingdom between his two sons, creating Janggala in the east and Kadiri in the west, and retired to a life of ascetic contemplation. Kahuripan was later remembered as a province of Majapahit.