The Establishment of Surakarta, a Translation from the "Babad Gianti"

The eighteenth century witnessed many momentous events in Central Java: wars, the establishment of new courts, the division of the kingdom, and the consolidation of the Dutch position, to mention but a few. Raden Ngabehi Jasadipura, the great court poet of Surakarta, personally witnessed many of these events and recorded them for posterity. Among his numerous writings is the massive Babad Gianti, published in twenty-one volumes of Javanese script.