Gajah Mada is believed to have been successful, unifying Nusantara under the kingdom’s control — except the Padjadjaran kingdom in West Java, Majapahit’s closest neighbor and the only ...

This is the mask of the Majapahit Empire’s greatest prime minister, Gajah Mada, the man responsible for the unification of the Indonesian archipelago during the 13th century. The story of his ...

At its peak the Majapahit empire, in the days of King Hayam Wuruk and his feared vizir Gajah Mada, controlled a huge amount of territory, from modern day southern Thailand to Singapore, Java, Sumatra, ...

He said the word Nusantara gained popularity after Gajah Mada, a powerful military leader and mahapatih (prime minister) of the Majapahit kingdom, vowed not to taste any spices until he had ...