East Java

East Java is a province of Indonesia occupying the eastern part of the island of Java and the island of Madura, with its capital at Surabaya. It was the heartland of the Hindu-Buddhist kingdoms of Kediri, Singhasari and Majapahit, whose capital lay at Trowulan. From the 16th century it was absorbed by Muslim states such as Demak and later Mataram before Dutch rule.