Julah

Julah stands on the northern coast of Bali, where the island faces the Java Sea. Inscriptions preserved in nearby Sembiran record the village and its people in the tenth and eleventh centuries. Archaeological finds show that the coast around Julah and Sembiran took part in long-distance maritime exchange, making it one of the early gateways between Bali and the wider island world. The inscriptions also reveal the authority of Balinese rulers over local communities and trade.