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06/02/2014 14:01:39

Wangsakerta manuscript is a collection of texts compiled with a team led by Prince Wangsakerta. He is a son of the kingdom of Cirebon Panembahan Girilaya (1650-1662) and he is the sixth descendant of Sunan Gunung Jati. According to the agreement between Cirebon with VOC on January 7, 1691, Wangsakerta recorded with family Keraton Cirebon as a  gentle, intelligent, and has the ability to lead.

In 1677 at the palace Kasepuhan held gotrasawala or seminar on today's . The goal is to compile the history of the kingdoms in the archipelago. He was invited experts from various royal history in the archipelago, there was even a representative from Terengganu, Malacca ( Malaysia now ) and Tumasik
( Singapore ) . Also included was an advisor of the Saudi Islamic scholars and clerics Shiva from India. Not only that there is even a messenger from other lands as an observer and does not have voting rights as from Egypt, Arabia, India, Sri Lanka, Bengal, Campa, China and Edge Mendini ( Peninsular Malaysia ) .

Writing history was a mandate from the late Panembahan Girilaya . As the person in charge / host were Sultan Sepuh and Sultan Anom, while the chairman was Prince Wangsakerta screenwriting. This manuscripts compiled during 21 years , from yr . 1677 to 1698 . The contents of the text describing the history of the archipelago, the island of Java, and Tatar Sunda since the early centuries AD to the 17th century, and even some prehistoric story. A description of the empires that ever existed in the archipelago comes with a list of the kings who ruled in detail to the figures in his administration ( Ekadjati in Lubis , 2002: 21 ) . The texts produced by the Committee Wangsakerta can be classified into several headings, namely :

1. Library Rajyarajya i Bhumi Nusantara ( Parwa II , Sarga 2 ) , collected between the years 1967 to 1969 in Banjarmasin , South Kalimantan ( 69 sheets ) from a merchant , and in Serang ( Banten ) as many as 33 sheets . In 1977 this manuscript bound and complete.  (Giving information Siradjudin , dated 5-2-1978) ;
2. Library Rajyarajya i Bhumi Nusantara ( Parwa II , Sarga 3 ) . Most of the manuscript was found in 1949 in Palembang and others in Banten, from an itinerant quack herbalist. Some of the manuscripts found in Palembang in 1964 , partially submerged in mud, Musi River due to flooding . New in 1979, this paper collected the full , having merged with manuscript found in Banten ;
3. Library Rajyarajya i Bhumi Nusantara ( Parwa III , Sarga 5 ) , from Banten dated 4 September 1983 ;
4. Library Pararatwan i Bhumi Yavadvipa ( Panyangkep ) , most of Palembang ( Atmo Darmodjo ), most of Attack ( Joseph , and partly from Jambi ( Hassan ). Collected in 1926-1931 and 1978 bound ;
   Of the 47 manuscripts Prince Wangsakerta , it can be seen that the thickness of each volume varies between 100 to 250 pages, with contents between 21 to 23 lines per page . Based on the test report is chemically in the laboratory of the National Archives (1988 ), paper dhaluang used in manuscripts Prince Wangsakerta , already more than 100 years old . Age research manuscripts  are now being carried out in a laboratory in Japan . However, Prince Wangsakerta manuscripts already can be categorized into the Codex. The texts are written with ink japaron, using the script and ancient Javanese Kawi language style of Cirebon. Ayatrohaedi explain in writing Library Rajyarajya i Bhumi Nusantara, the book Archaeology III Scientific Meeting, that each volume Wangsakerta Library consists of three parts namely :

1.     Formerly
2.     Historical narrative descriptions in the relevant volumes
3.     Legal notice

Formerly part, provide detailed information relating to; script name, and sarga parwa, author, source, reason drafting, drafting purposes, and how to work further elaborates on matters relating to; formation of the committee, and material sourcing, promulgation of a resource, administration and assignment Sawala and solving problems that arise in Sawala. These sections concerned with the scientific responsibility of the authors .

The second part, which is more of a description seized the largest share in each volume, because it contains historical information in accordance with the relevant volumes. While the end of the colophon contains information about the volumes of writing ( Ayatrohaedi, 1985: 530-557 ) .
Ambahan or cruising broad historical narrative presented by Prince Wangsakerta, include treasure called Purwayuga time, ie. since the archipelago is inhabited by human beings animals ( satwaprurusa ). Coherently in progress , about a million years before the Saka era, until the events of the agreement between Cirebon with the VOC in 1681. In fact , at that time he mentions figure buried in Saptarengga Giri namely Mount Sembung who publicly called Gunung Jati's tomb. There, in one of a tombstone written Sultan Sepuh I who died in 1697. The manuscripts collected will be known sequence of events and kings reign complete with government year in several areas namely : Perelak, Samudera Pasai, Srivijaya, Tatar Sunda, Central Java, East Java, Bali Nusa and Banjarmasin. We can also find patriotic story of Sultan Ageng Tirtayasa Surasowan Islamic kingdom of Banten, also figures Malahayati female admiral of the Kingdom of Aceh Darussalam and Patih Gastric Mangkurat of the Kingdom of Banjar.

The spread of Islam in Java since the reign He described Darmawangsa complete with schools adopted by the announcer. He also outlines who the real hero Fatima daughter Maimoon, the presence of his tomb in the village of Leran still one of the mysteries of history in Indonesia. In the opinion of Danasasmita Saleh (1984 ) in some cases the exact description in line with the contents of the inscription has been known. While a few other things, can be categorized logically  in a sense does not conflict with existing inscriptions .

Editorial by : ** Berbagai Sumber