Editing Majapahit (section)

====Queen Tribhuwana Wijayatunggadewi====
[[File:Parvati Majapahit 2.JPG|thumb|left|upright|The statue of [[Parvati]] as mortuary deified portrayal of [[Tribhuwana Wijayatunggadewi|Tribhuwanottunggadewi]], queen of Majapahit, mother of [[Hayam Wuruk]]]] 
Jayanegara's stepmother, Gayatri Rajapatni – the most revered matriarch of the court – was supposed to take the helm. However, Rajapatni had retired from worldly affairs to become a [[Bhikkhuni|Buddhist nun]]. Rajapatni appointed her daughter, [[Tribhuwana Wijayatunggadewi|Dyah Gitarja]], or known in her formal regnal name as Tribhuwannottungadewi Jayawishnuwardhani, as the queen of Majapahit under Rajapatni's auspices. Tribhuwana appointed [[Gajah Mada]] as the prime minister in 1336. During his inauguration Gajah Mada declared his [[Palapa oath]], revealing his plan to expand Majapahit realm and building an [[empire]].<ref name="JPMajapahit" />

During Tribhuwana's rule, the Majapahit kingdom grew much larger and became famous in the area. Under the initiative of her able and ambitious prime minister, [[Gajah Mada]], Majapahit sent its armada to conquer the neighbouring island of [[Bali]].<ref name="Coedes" />{{rp|234}} According to the Babad Arya Tabanan manuscript, in 1342 Majapahit forces led by Gajah Mada, assisted by his general Arya Damar, the regent of Palembang, landed in Bali. After seven months of battles, Majapahit forces defeated the Balinese king and captured the Balinese capital of Bedulu in 1343. After the conquest of Bali, Majapahit distributed the governing authority of Bali among Arya Damar's younger brothers, Arya Kenceng, Arya Kutawandira, Arya Sentong, and Arya Belog. Arya Kenceng led his brothers to govern Bali under Majapahit suzerainty, and he would become the progenitor of the Balinese kings of the Tabanan and Badung royal houses. Through this campaign, Majapahit planted a vassal dynasty that would rule the [[Bali Kingdom]] in the following centuries. Tribhuwana ruled Majapahit until the death of her mother in 1350. She abdicated the throne in favour of her son, Hayam Wuruk.

[[Ibn Battuta]] in his travels between 1332 and 1347 visited a place called "Mul Jawa" (island of Java or Majapahit Java, as opposed to "al-Jawa" which refers to Sumatra). The empire spanned 2 months of travel and ruled over the country of Qaqula and Qamara. He arrived at the walled city named Qaqula/Kakula, and observed that the city had war junks for pirate raiding and collecting tolls and that elephants were employed for various purposes. He met the ruler of Mul Jawa and stayed as a guest for three days.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Yule |first=Henry |title=Cathay and the Way Thither |volume= 4 |url=https://archive.org/stream/cathaywaythither04yule#page/n9/mode/2up |pages=1–106 |year=1916 |contribution=IV. Ibn Battuta's travels in Bengal and China |place=London |publisher=Hakluyt Society |author-link=Henry Yule}}</ref>{{rp|96–97}}<ref name=":Beckingham">{{Citation |title=The Travels of Ibn Baṭṭūṭa, A.D. 1325–1354 |volume =4 |url=https://archive.org/details/travels-of-ibn-battuta/The%20Travels%20of%20Ibn%20Battuta-1325%E2%80%931354-Volume-IV/page/ii/mode/2up |year=1994 |editor-last=Gibb |editor-first=H.A.R. |place=London |publisher=Hakluyt Society |isbn=978-0-904180-37-4 |editor-last2=Beckingham |editor-first2=C.F.}}</ref>{{rp|880–883}} Ibn Battuta said that the women of Java ride horses, understand archery, and fight like men. Ibn Battuta recorded a story about a country called [[Tawalisi]] which oppose the king of China (Yuan dynasty) and waged war with him using numerous junks until he made a peace on certain conditions.<ref name=":Beckingham" />{{rp|884–885}}<ref>{{citation |last=Bade |first=David W. |title=Of Palm Wine, Women and War: The Mongolian Naval Expedition to Java in the 13th Century |year=2013 |publisher=Institute of Southeast Asian Studies |location=Singapore|pages=3, 114–115 }}</ref>