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The Salakanagara Kingdom is a legendary Indianised kingdom in Western Java that would have existed between the two and third century AD.

The main source for Salakanagara's history is the manuscript Pustaka Rajya-rajya I Bhumi Nusantara, composed in 17th century by a council led by Prince Wangsakerta of Cirebon, and a few Chinese records. [1] [2] Because the existence of the kingdom could not be verified from inscriptions, archaeological remains, literary works, or contemporary foreign chronicle, modern historians consider the manuscript to be unreliable, and as a result the kindgom is considered legendary. [3]

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References

  1. Wangsakerta, Prince (1991). Pustaka Rajya-Rajya I Bumi Nusantara. Jakarta. ISBN   979459136X.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  2. Wiryomartono, Bagoes (2016). Javanese Culture and the Meanings of Locality: Studies on the Arts, Urbanism. London: Lexington Books. ISBN   9781498533089.
  3. Maulana, Wildhan Ichzha (27 June 2023). "Polemik Salakanagara: Meninjau Kebenaran Bukti Historis Salakanagara dalam Pentas Sejarah Kuno di Indonesia". Diakronika. 23 (1): 88–112. doi: 10.24036/diakronika/vol23-iss1/334 .