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Before pointing out what information may be clerived from the four preceding 

 accounts , we tliink it advisable to state* iu a few words , what we kuow about that 

 epocb from other sources. 



In Raffles, History of Java, Vol II. p. 110 ss. we fmd the followiug account, 

 drawn from a Balinese manuscript , wliich had- been obtained a short time before Raf- 

 fles wrote. 



//Sri Laksi Kirana, king of Tumapel, left two sons , the elder named Sang Sri 

 Siwabuda and the younger Raden Wijaya. Sri Siwabuda was killed by Sri Jaya Katong, 

 king of Kediri, who conquered the country and compelled Wijaya to fly. The latter 

 afterwards collected a number of adherents around him , founded the new town of Ma- 

 japahit and soon was so strong that lie thought of attacking Kediri. Some time be- 

 fore this the king of Tatar had been at Kediri and Jaya Katong had promised him 

 bis daughter in marriage; as he delayed fulnlling this promise, the king of Tatar 

 became angry and hearing that Wijaya was going to attack Kediri, he proposed to 

 join him. Wijaya accepted the proposal, the king of Tatar came with his army and 

 Jaya Katong was killed by him in battle with his own hand. After this the Tatar 

 king went back to his country and Wijaya reigned at Majapahit, extending his sway 

 over the whole island. ^ 



The same traditiou and probably from the same source , is mentioned by Frie- 

 derich (*). 



The traditions current in Java are rather at variance with these details. Tumapel 

 is not mentioned and the ruling country in the eastern part of the island is called 

 Djengolo. The names of the different persons disagree also , and the only point of 

 similarity is that Djengolo is said to have been clestroyed by the chief of the Ka- 

 langs , who is called Boko however ( 2 ). 



In utilising these varions accounts , it must be remembered that the Chinese version 

 is a sober narrative of facts , disfigured , it is true , by many errors and inaccuracies , 

 but free from all fiction. The Balinese account has been handecl down throngh many 

 generations , gradually losing in accuracy and becoming mixed with much of the fan- 

 tastic and marvelous, whilst Javanese traditiou has been violently interrupted by the 

 introduction of the Islam and , having been raked up from its embers at a later 

 period , hardly seems to deserve any credit at all. 



Returning now . to our translations , we find that the Mongol prince Kublai , 

 having rendered himself master of China , at once adopted the Chinese traditiou of 

 universal dominion and accordingly sent envoys all over the world , as far as he was 

 aware of its existence, informing the various princes that a new family had ascended 

 the throne of the world and asking them to renew their allegiance. 



C 1 ) Voorloopig verslag van het eiland Bali door R. Friederich, p. 21. In de Verhandelingen 

 van het Bataviaaseh Genootschap van Kunsten en Wetenschappen. Deel XXII. 

 ( 2 ) Hageman, Geschiedenis enz. van Java. Deel I. p. 14. 



