Sanjaya of Mataram

Regnal name
	Narapati Raja Śrī Sañjaya (Canggal) and Rakai Matarām Saŋ Ratu Sañjaya (Mantyasih)

Sanjaya of Mataram
Sanjaya of Mataram
	Canggal inscription, the earliest inscription mentioned about King Sanjaya of Mataram
Maharaja of Mataram
Reign	732–760
Successor	Dyah Pancapana
Regnal name
Regnal name
	Narapati Raja Śrī Sañjaya (Canggal) and Rakai Matarām Saŋ Ratu Sañjaya (Mantyasih)
Dynasty	Sanjaya
Religion	Shaivism

Sanjaya (Sanskrit: सञ्जय, romanized: sañjaya, lit. 'conquest, victory, triumphant'; 716 AD – 746) was the founder of the Mataram Kingdom during the 8th century. His name was carved in the Sanskrit Canggal inscription^[1]^: 87–88 which was found at the Gunung Wukir temple that stood on Wukir or Ukir hill (about 340 m (1,120 ft) high) on the southern Kedu Plain in Central Java.^[2]

Another recorded source of Sanjaya's history and his successors is found in the Balitung charter and the Wanua Tengah III inscription. In the Mantyasih inscription, King Balitung mentions what is called 'the builders of keraton', starting from Rakai Mataram (Sanjaya) and followed successively by Maharaja Rakai Panangkaran, Panunggalan, Warak, Garung, Rakai Pikatan, Kayuwangi, Watuhumalang and Watukura (which is Balitung himself).^[3] Several inscriptions of Balitung's successor, Daksha, used a dating system based on the year of Sanjaya's accession, which L.C. Damais has calculated as 638 Śaka (716 AD).^[4]

Sanjaya is known as the founder and first king of the Mataram Kingdom.^[3] The name King Sanjaya Saga was also mentioned in the old romanticized and mythical Sundanese manuscript Carita Parahyangan (or Parahyangan Story) dated from a later period, in which Sanjaya was portrayed as the Sundanese king and hero of Galuh.^[5]

^ 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.
^ W. J. van der Meulen (1977). "In Search of "Ho-Ling"". Indonesia. 23 (23): 87–112. doi:10.2307/3350886. JSTOR 3350886. Archived from the original on 2011-02-23.
^ ^a ^b Cite error: The named reference meulen was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
^ Boechari (2012). Melacak Sejarah Kuno Indonesia Lewat Prasasti. Jakarta: Kepustakaan Populer Gramedia. p. 469.
^ R. Ng. Poerbatjaraka (1919). "De Batoe-toelis bij Buitenzorg". Tijdschrift voor Indische Taal-, Land-, en Volkenkunde. 59: 380–417.

[Coedes-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.

[holing-2] W. J. van der Meulen (1977). "In Search of "Ho-Ling"". Indonesia. 23 (23): 87–112. doi:10.2307/3350886. JSTOR 3350886. Archived from the original on 2011-02-23.

[meulen-3] Cite error: The named reference meulen was invoked but never defined (see the help page).

[boechari-4] Boechari (2012). Melacak Sejarah Kuno Indonesia Lewat Prasasti. Jakarta: Kepustakaan Populer Gramedia. p. 469.

[5] R. Ng. Poerbatjaraka (1919). "De Batoe-toelis bij Buitenzorg". Tijdschrift voor Indische Taal-, Land-, en Volkenkunde. 59: 380–417.

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