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Sunda Kelapa

Also known as Sunda Kalapa

Sunda Kelapa was the main port of the Hindu Sunda Kingdom of West Java, at the mouth of the Ciliwung river, exporting pepper. The Portuguese signed a treaty there in 1522, but in 1527 forces of Demak and Cirebon under Fatahillah captured it and renamed it Jayakarta. The Dutch rebuilt it as Batavia in 1619, the origin of modern Jakarta.

Sunda Kelapa
Image: Danumurthi Mahendra from Indonesia · CC BY 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons

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Sunda KingdomSocioeconomy, Military, Impact, Decline, Summary

Mentioned in 3 state histories

Sunda KingdomCirebon SultanateDemak Sultanate

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APA
The Epoch Institute. (2026). Sunda Kelapa. In The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/sunda-kelapa
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“Sunda Kelapa.” The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia, The Epoch Institute, 2026, https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/sunda-kelapa. Accessed .
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The Epoch Institute. “Sunda Kelapa.” The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. 2026. https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/sunda-kelapa.
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The Epoch Institute (2026) ‘Sunda Kelapa’, The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. Available at: https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/sunda-kelapa (Accessed: ).

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