About Indonesia History In Hindu-Buddhis Kingdom Era I

 

    Hinduism entered Indonesia in the AD period about indonesia history. In Buddhism, it is known that groups of Indonesian people adhered to it at the Batujaya Site, the Siguntang Hill Site in South Sumatra, and the Batu Pait Site in West Kalimantan around the 6th-7th century AD.

    The process of spreading Buddhism is carried out by Dharmadutas about indonesia history whose job is to spread the Dharma or Buddhist teachings throughout the world. The spread of Buddhism in Indonesia was carried out by the Indonesian people themselves who studied in India and became monks and then spread their teachings in the archipelago. For the area of the island of Java, Buddhism came in the 5th century which was spread by the prince of Kashmir (named Gunadharma).

    In the 9th century about indonesia history, the spread of Buddhism was carried out by priests from the Indian region, namely Gaudidwipa (Bengal) and Gujarades (Gujarat). The oldest evidence of Indian Buddhist influence in Indonesia is the discovery of a bronze Buddha statue in Sempaga, South Sulawesi. Between the 4th and 16th centuries in various parts of the archipelago, various Hindu and Buddhist kingdoms existed.

    Buddhism first entered the archipelago around the 2nd century AD about indonesia history. This is evidenced by the discovery of bronze Buddha statues in Jember and South Sulawesi. The introduction of Buddhism in the archipelago comes from the report of a Chinese traveler named Fa Hsien in the early 5th century AD. In the 4th century in West Java there was a Hindu-Buddhist kingdom, namely the Tarumanagara kingdom.

    Then continued with the Kingdom of Sunda until the 16th century about indonesia history. Apart from the Tarumanagara Kingdom and the Sunda Kingdom, there were also many other Hindu-Buddhist kingdoms, such as the Ancient Mataram Kingdom. Subsequently, two major kingdoms emerged, namely the Kedatuan Sriwijaya and the Majapahit Kingdom. During the 7th to 14th centuries, the Buddhist kingdom of Srivijaya flourished in Sumatra. 

    Around 670 AD about indonesia history, a Chinese explorer named I-Tsing visited the regional capital Palembang. At the peak of its glory, Sriwijaya's power reached Central Java and Cambodia. In the 14th century there was a Hindu kingdom in East Java called the Majapahit Kingdom. Between 1331-1364, the Patih of Majapahit named Gajah Mada managed to gain control over the area that is now mostly Indonesia and almost the entire Malay Peninsula.

    Before the entry of Hindu-Buddhist culture about indonesia history, the prehistoric people of the Archipelago already had a fairly advanced culture. Furthermore, the legacy of the Hindu and Buddhist kingdoms that once existed in the archipelago formed various inspirations for cultural creations in the archipelago. One example is the works of Indian literature brought to Indonesia, namely the epics Ramayana, Mahabarata, and other literary works. 

    The existence of these two books also spurred several Indonesian poets to produce their own works about indonesia history, such as Empu Dharmaja from the Kediri kingdom who compiled the Smaradhahana Book, Empu Sedah and Empu Panuluh from the Kediri kingdom who wrote the Bharatayuda Book, Empu Tanakung who made the Kirab Lubdaka, Empu Kanwa who has the work of the Arjunawiwaha Book, Empu Triguna with his Kresnayana Book, Empu Panuluh who wrote the Gatotkacasraya Book, Empu Tantular who made the Sotasoma Book, and Empu Prapanca who is famous for his magnum opus entitled The Negarakertagama Book.

    Thus, stories from literary works which emerged during the Hindu-Buddhist period about indonesia history became a source of inspiration for Indonesian wayang.

    In addition to literary works about indonesia history, the political system and government were introduced by the Indians and made people who initially lived in small groups unite and form a larger power with a single leader in the form of a king. Due to the influence of this, several Hindu-Buddhist kingdoms such as the Kedatuan Sriwijaya, the Majapahit Kingdom, Tarumanegara, and Kutai were eventually able to appear in the archipelago.

    Not only literary works and political systems developed during the Hindu-Buddhist period in the archipelago about indonesia history, there were also many works of past humans, which indicates the history of the development of Hindu-Buddhist in the archipelago. Some of them are the existence of ritual tools and objects, one of which is in the form of a statue which has several forms that can be identified from several special signs (laksana), certain positions or attitudes, and vehicles or animals that are considered to be the vehicle of a god.