Editing Majapahit (section)

===Archaeological evidence===
Compared to contemporary societies elsewhere in Asia, little physical evidence of Majapahit remains,<ref>{{cite book | last =Taylor | first =Jean Gelman | title =Indonesia: Peoples and Histories | publisher =Yale University Press |year=2003 | location =New Haven and London | pages =[https://archive.org/details/indonesia00jean/page/29 29] | url =https://archive.org/details/indonesia00jean| url-access =registration | isbn = 0-300-10518-5 }}</ref> Majapahit did produce physical evidence: the main ruins dating from the Majapahit period are clustered in the [[Trowulan]] area, which was the royal capital of the kingdom. The area has become the centre for the study of Majapahit history. The Trowulan archaeological site was first documented in the 19th century by [[Stamford Raffles|Sir Thomas Stamford Raffles]], Lieutenant-Governor of [[French and British interregnum in the Dutch East Indies#British interregnum 1811–1815|British Java]] of the [[East India Company]] from 1811 to 1816. He reported the existence of "ruins of temples... scattered about the country for many miles", and referred to Trowulan as "this pride of Java".<ref>{{cite book | last =Bullough | first =Nigel| title =Historic East Java: Remains in Stone, Indonesian 50th independence day commemorative edition | editor= Mujiyono PH| publisher =ADLine Communications| year =1995 | location =Jakarta| page=102 }}</ref> Aerial and satellite imagery has revealed an extensive network of canals crisscrossing the Majapahit capital.<ref>{{cite news |title =Menyusuri Majapahit dengan Panduan Peta National Geographic Indonesia |author =Mahandis Yoanata Thamrin |work =National Geographic Indonesia |url =http://nationalgeographic.co.id/berita/2014/11/menyusuri-majapahit-dengan-panduan-peta-national-geographic |language =id |access-date =18 October 2015 |archive-date =23 May 2018 |archive-url =https://web.archive.org/web/20180523181513/http://nationalgeographic.co.id/berita/2014/11/menyusuri-majapahit-dengan-panduan-peta-national-geographic |url-status =dead }}</ref> Findings from April 2011 indicate the Majapahit capital was much larger than previously believed after some artefacts were uncovered.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.thejakartapost.com/news/2011/01/07/majapahit-capital-may-be-larger-previously-believed.html |title=Majapahit capital may be larger than previously believed |work=The Jakarta Post |first=Indra |last=Harsaputra |date=7 January 2011 |access-date=8 April 2022}}</ref>