Sailendra

The Sailendra dynasty ( also Cailendra Dynasty) was predominantly about 760-860 in Java. Her story is incomplete and subject to differing assumptions about their origins and seizure of power.

The name Sailendra means " ruler of the mountains". There is a presumption that they were descendants of the ancient kings of Funan, which seems to be (apparently nine Buddhist kings between the decline of Funan and the late 8th century) confirmed by the number of reproduced royal name since that time because of their title.

The dynasty took over from the reign of the Pirate King Sanjaya (around 732-746, in Mataram, south-central Java). The " ornament of the Sailendra " that is specified as the " conqueror of hostile heroes, " said Pananikarana or in another inscription Panangkaran ( 778 ). He seems to have triggered the rise of the dynasty with his conversion to Buddhism, but that's only one explanation variant. Princes who legitimized by Sanjaya, were in the aftermath of the Sailendra and vassals were displaced eastward ( mid-8th century ).

The reign of the Sailendra was based on the cultivation of rice in Central Java, the Palembang was the largest growing area in the region at that time. Little is known about its foreign policy, but they were also active in Sumatra and along the coast of Cambodia and Vietnam. The King Indra attacked here at 774 and 787 Champa and took shortly before 800, the subjugation of the king of Chenla (also: Chenla ) counter. Good relations were wont to the Sailendra also rather Buddhist Srivijaya, with their rulers, they were allied through a marriage alliance. Regular contact with the Indian cultural centers of Buddhism was given.

To 824 the Sanjaya came back under their king Patapan (which will be called again on equal footing with the Sailendra ): in an inscription of 832 is only called Patapan as ruler of Java. Apparently, Indra's son Samaratunga had been the last Sailendra, the Java mastered. His daughter and heiress married Pramoda Vardhani Pikatan (around 838-851, son or another name of Patapan ), a king of the Sanjaya - line. It concluded as the Queen continues foundations in Borobudur.

After presentation of an inscription from Nalanda (India) Samaragravira had married (aka Samaratunga ) the Princess Tara of Srivijaya, apparently the daughter of the king Dharmasetu (reigned about 775). From the union came his youngest son Balaputra. Balaputra was expelled from Java, and took over the government in Srivijaya in 850 because his mother came from there.

Known kings:

• Approximately 752 Bhanu
• Approximately 775 Vishnu ( Dharma tunga )
• Approximately 782-812 Indra ( Sangrama Dhanamajaya )
• Approximately 812-832 Taga (Samara tunga )
• Approximately 832 Pramoda Vardhani ( regent, married Pikatan )
• About 832-60 Balaputra - deva ( fled to Sri Vijaya )

The architectural heritage of the Sailendra 's Borobudur on the Kedu level. Since the reign of the Sailendra limited to a kind of ritual dominance (as in ancient India, typical), Borobudur served primarily as a manifestation of their power. As a counterpart like the ( Shiva ) temple in Prambanan serve, the Pikatans house left behind by 900. The difference lies in religion: the Sailendra were more followers of Mahayana Buddhism, their rivals of the Shiva cult and Hinduism.