Purwalingga

Purbalingga lies inland in western Central Java, in the country associated with Banyumas and its rulers. Local chronicles tell how Kyai Arsayuda, known as Dipayuda III, moved his seat from Karanglewas to the village of Purbalingga on the advice of his father Arsantaka. A residence, audience pavilion and square were built for the new centre. After the Java War, the Dutch reorganised the region, and Purbalingga became a regency in 1830.