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Mpu Prapanca
Mpu Prapanca was a Buddhist court poet of the Majapahit kingdom in Java, author of the Old Javanese poem Nagarakretagama (Desawarnana), completed in 1365. Written in praise of King Hayam Wuruk, the poem describes the royal capital, the king's progresses through East Java and the lands claimed by Majapahit, and is a chief source for the kingdom at its height.
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