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Jayakatwang, with the bulk of the Javanese…
Jayakatwang, with the bulk of the Javanese army in campaign overseas and Singhasari's defense weakened, seizes his chance and mounts a coup against Kertanegara.
He launches a diversionary attack to northern Java, where his troops draw the remaining Singhasari troops left on the island.
With Singhasari defenseless, he attacks the capital city.
Kertanegara is killed, along with many courtiers in his palace in Singhasari in May or June 1292, apparently while drunk on palm wine in a religious Tantric Buddhist ceremony.
Jayakatwang then declares himself ruler of Java and king of the restored Kediri.
Among the few surviving relatives of Kertanegara is his son-in-law, Raden Wijaya, who flees to Madura,where he is sheltered by its regent, Arya Wiraraja.
Following pleas from Wiraraja, Jayakatwang forgives Wijaya, who in return submits himself to Jayakatwang.
Jayakatwang gives Wijaya land in the Tarik forest in the Brantas delta, where he builds a village that will later be called Majapahit.
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The Far East
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Southeast Asia
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Sundachina
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