The east end of Flores and its islands: Solor, Adonara and Lembata (Lomblen), with the Sikka coast round Maumere to the west.
The Nagarakretagama lists Solot among the lands of the east (en.wikipedia list, which glosses it as Sulu; the usual reading is Solor, recalled), 165 years after the date. The channels between the islands are fast; the villages are hill hamlets and beach landings. Nothing is dated for 1200, and no ruler or product is recorded; sandalwood is a later fame of Solor.
Who holds it
- Title
- Village and clan heads of the eastern islands and the Sikka coast
- Since
- not pinned
- Born
- not known
- Confidence
- low
No chief is named. The Portuguese of the sixteenth century are the first to record the Solor and Larantuka lords (recalled).
What it holds
- Island and coast villages
- The channel landings of Larantuka and Solor (inference)
How things stand that morning
No state attested.
Wealth
No export is recorded for 1200; sandalwood is later.
Military
None attested.
Places of note
- Larantuka: Modern town on the strait (gazetteer point).
- Maumere: Modern port on the north coast (gazetteer point).
Where the sources disagree
- en.wikipedia's list glosses Solot as Sulu; we read it as Solor, as most readers do.
Evidence: A Javanese list of 1365 and Portuguese reports of the sixteenth century.
On the map: Modern regencies.
Sources and studies
- Wikipedia (en), Nagarakretagama (read in this pass): completed 1365; canto 14 list of Bali, Lombok, Sumbawa, Sumba, Timor and the east
- General knowledge of Old Javanese and Old Balinese epigraphy and the archaeology of Java, recalled and not re-read in this pass (Boechari, Poerbatjaraka, Soekmono, Bernet Kempers)
- OMNIA board notes for the place (a lead, not a source)
Last revised 4 November 2026. Published 4 November 2026. Suggest a correction on the OMNIA Discord.