Wawa of Mataram explained

Sri Maharaja Rakai Pangkaja Dyah Wawa Sri Wijayalokanamottungga, better known in Indonesia as Dyah Wawa, was a ruler of the Mataram Kingdom in Central Java,^[1] Indonesia (r. 924–929).

Religion:	Shivaist Hinduism
Birth Name:	Dyah Wawa
Royal House:	Sanjaya
Regnal Name:	Sri Maharaja Rakai Pangkaja Dyah Wawa Sri Wijayalokanamotungga
Reign:	924 – 929
Succession:	King of Mataram
Predecessor:	Rakai Layang Dyah Tulodong
Successor:	Rakai Hino Dyah Siṇḍok
Issue:	Dyah Kbi

What is known of him is mainly thanks to an inscription engraved on the Minto Stone.

Wawa's son-in-law and successor, Mpu Sindok (r. 929–947), moved the court of Mataram from Central Java to East Java in 929. The latter could have buried the former at Belahan Temple near Pasuruan in East Java.

References

• News: Javanese demand repatriation of Minto's stone of contention . The Southern Reporter . 6 February 2008 . 2011-02-28.
• News: Indonesia demands historic stone back . The Scotsman . 4 February 2008 . 2011-02-28.
• News: Ancient relic to return from Scotland . The Jakarta Post . 25 January 2008 . 2011-02-28.

Further reading

• Coedès, Georges, Les États hindouisés d'Indochine et d'Indonésie
• Damais, Louis-Charles, "Études d'épigraphie indonésienne", Bulletin de l'École française d'Extrême-Orient, 1951, Vol. 45, No. 45-1, pp. 1–63
• Jordaan, Roy E., "Bělahan and the division of Airlangga's realm", in Bijdragen tot de Taal-, Land- en Volkenkunde, 2008, pp. 326–355

Notes and References

1. Book: Coedès, George. George Coedès

   . George Coedès. Walter F. Vella. trans.Susan Brown Cowing. The Indianized States of Southeast Asia. 1968. University of Hawaii Press. 978-0-8248-0368-1.