history of the kingdom of Kutai

Government Place
Kutai government is the oldest government in Indonesia. The government is set beside the river Mahakam in Muarakaman, East Kalimantan, near the town of Tenggarong.

Dynasty Founder
Chance of Kutai Kingdom stood at 4 M century inscriptions build by King Mulawarman. Historical evidence of Kutai government is the discovery of inscriptions in the form of seven yupa (stone pillars) that uses the letters written yupa pallawa and Sanskrit.

As for the content of these inscriptions stating that the first king of the Kutai named Kudungga. He has a son named Asawarman called wamsakerta (forming a family). Once passed, replaced by Mulawarman Asawarman. Use Asawarman name and the names of the king in the next generation to show the influence of Hinduism was inclusion in the government of Kutai and it proves that the kings of Indonesia Kutai is the native converts to Hinduism.

Government Life
Social life in the Kutai is a translation of the inscription, an inscription was found by members. Among the translation is as follows:

    * People in the Kutai orderly, proper and orderly
    * People in the Kutai Kingdom has the ability to adapt to foreign cultures (India), following the pattern of change in time to guard and preserve their own culture.

Economic life in the Kutai noticed two of the following:
Geo park is on the path to the Kutai trade between China and India. Kutai Kingdom a great place to merchant's visiting. It shows that trade has become part of the Kutai community life, as well as agriculture.

Written evidence in an inscription saying that the King Mulawarman wealth be used to deliver oil and 20,000 heads of cattle to the Brahmin.

Kutai community cultural life as follows:

    * Community Kutai is the root of the society in charge of cultural traditions of his fathers.
    * A community that is very perceptive of cultural change and progress.
    * Uphold receive high religious fervor in cultural life.

Inclusion of Cultural Influence
Inclusion of Indian cultural influence to the archipelago, resulting in Indonesian culture change. The most important changes is the emergence of a system of government with the king as the head. Before the entry of Indian culture, the government is led by a chieftain.

In addition, other mixing is living ancestors of Indonesia builded a monument of stone. This normally indicates that the receiving elements of foreign culture, the Indonesian people to be active. This means that the Indonesian people to find and adapt elements of foreign cultures with their own culture.

Indonesian nation has a habit of erecting stone monuments called menhir, to worship the spirit of their ancestors, while the memorial stone (Yupa) built by king Mulawarman used to tether the animal sacrifice.

In the inscription was also told that the reign of King Mulawaraman in fairly and nice attitude. It was presented ± 20,000 heads of cattle to sacrifice to the Brahmin / cleric. And the inscription was already said that the founder of the dynasty of King Aswawarman, why is not his father who is a founder of the dynasty Kudungga but his Aswawarman? This is because at that time King Kudungga had not entered the Hindu religion, so it can not be a founder of the Hindu dynasty.

From King Aswawarman to Mulawarman, because Mulawarman already embraced Hinduism. It is known from the pronunciation shrines to God Trinity. The building was referred to the building and the Cave Kembeng Wapraskewara in Kutai Outback is a Hindu religious statues such as Shiva and Ganesa.

Evidence of Abandonment
Historical evidence is the discovery of the Kutai inscriptions in the form of seven Yupa (stone pillar)