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Samaratungga
Samaratungga was the head of the Sailendra dynasty who ruled Central Java
and Srivijaya in the 8th and the 9th century. He was the successor of King
Indra, and his name was mentioned in Karangtengah inscription dated 824
CE[1]:92 as the constructor of a sacred Buddhist building called Venuvana
(Sankirt: bamboo forest) to place the cremated ashes of his predecessor King
Indra of Sailendra.[2] During his administration, he initiated the construction
of a massive Buddhist monument Borobudur. Samaratungga married Dewi
Tara, the princess of Srivijayan ruler Dharmasetu, which created close political Borobudur, the largest Buddhist
alliance between the Sailendras and Srivijaya. structure in the world built by the
Sailendra dynasty under
Samaratungga had one son by the name of Balaputra and one daughter Samaratungga.
Pramodhawardhani. After Samaratungga died, Pramodhawardhani married
the Shivaite Rakai Pikatan from Sanjaya dynasty. Rakai Pikatan managed to
usurp Balaputra's authority over Central Java and forced the Saleidras to flee Java for Srivijaya.[1]:108

Under the reign of Samaratungga too, Jayavarman II was appointed as the governor of Indrapura in the Mekong delta.
Jayavarman later revoked his allegiance to the Sailedras and Srivijaya to form the Khmer Empire.

Monarch of Medang Kingdom and Succeeded by

Preceded by
Srivijaya Pramodhawardhani and
Samaragrawira
812—833 Rakai Pikatan

References
1. Coedès, George (1968). Walter F. Vella, ed. The Indianized States of Southeast Asia. trans.Susan Brown Cowing.
University of Hawaii Press. ISBN 978-0-8248-0368-1.
2. Drs. R. Soekmono, (1973). Pengantar Sejarah Kebudayaan Indonesia 2, 2nd ed. Yogyakarta: Penerbit Kanisius.
p. 46.

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