kingdom · Maritime Southeast Asia

Janggala

1045 CE – 1136 CE (approx.) · capital Kahuripan

The eastern of the two kingdoms created when Airlangga divided East Java in 1045, remembered in the Panji romances.

Origins

Janggala arose around 1045 from Airlangga's partition of Kahuripan, which gave one son the eastern lands around the Brantas delta, the old capital Kahuripan and the coastal ports near modern Surabaya and Sidoarjo. The other son received the Kediri Kingdom, also called Panjalu.

Rule and society

Very few records survive. An inscription of 1052 names King Mapanji Garasakan, who seems to have fought his western rival. Its coastal position gave it access to sea trade, but documentary evidence for its government is slight.

Decline and legacy

Janggala was absorbed by Kediri by the early 12th century; an inscription of King Jayabaya of 1135 declares 'Panjalu jayati', Panjalu is victorious. Its memory lived on in the Panji tales, in which a prince of Janggala searches for his beloved princess of Kediri, stories that spread across Southeast Asia.

Few sources survive for this state; details are uncertain.

Lineage

Kahuripan 1019 CE – 1045 CEJanggala

Connections (1)

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APA
The Epoch Institute. (2026). Janggala. In The Epoch Institute States Register. https://the-epoch-institute.org/state/janggala
MLA
“Janggala.” The Epoch Institute States Register, The Epoch Institute, 2026, https://the-epoch-institute.org/state/janggala. Accessed .
Chicago
The Epoch Institute. “Janggala.” The Epoch Institute States Register. 2026. https://the-epoch-institute.org/state/janggala.
Harvard
The Epoch Institute (2026) ‘Janggala’, The Epoch Institute States Register. Available at: https://the-epoch-institute.org/state/janggala (Accessed: ).

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