Sunda

Sunda was a Hindu kingdom in western Java, with a royal seat at Kawali. In 1337 Ajigunawisesa ruled as the rising Majapahit kingdom threatened Sunda; Gajah Mada had named it in his 1336 oath of conquest.

In 1357 King Prabu Maharaja and his court were killed at Bubat amid a dispute over his daughter’s proposed marriage to Majapahit’s Hayam Wuruk. Surawisesa sought Portuguese aid against Cirebon and Demak, signing a treaty in 1522, but Sunda Kelapa fell in 1527. Banten’s Islamic sultanate extinguished Sunda’s last court in 1579.