KERTANAGARA

flourished 13th century last king (126892) of Tumapel (or Singhasari) in Java, still venerated among the Javanese as one of their greatest rulers. He united Java, extended his influence over Sumatra, and resisted Mongol attempts to exact tribute from his kingdom. Additional reading D.G.E. Hall, A History of Southeast Asia, 3rd ed., pp. 7079 (1968), a detailed and comprehensive history of Java; Theodore G.T. Pigeaud (ed.), Java in the Fourteenth Century: A Study in Cultural History, 5 vol. (196063), includes the complete translation of the Javanese chronicle Nagarakertagama; Bertram Schrieke, Indonesian Sociological Studies, pt. 2 (1957), a detailed and stimulating study of premodern Indonesian government and politics by a leading Dutch sociologist; B.H.M. Vlekke, Nusantara: A History of Indonesia, rev. ed., pp. 6165 (1965), a well-researched section on Kertanagara in a standard textbook on the history of Indonesia.