The mountains and hills of the west of Flores round Ruteng, with the Labuan Bajo coast opposite Komodo.
Nothing in a source we reached names this country before the seventeenth century, and it is not in the Nagarakretagama's list of 1365 (en.wikipedia). The campaign board has no entry here; the record is placed to cover the island and to say plainly that no ruler, harbour or product is recorded for 1200. Boats of the Flores sea may call on the coast (inference); the hills answer to their own hamlet heads.
Who holds it
- Title
- Hamlet and village heads of the Manggarai hills
- Since
- not pinned
- Born
- not known
- Confidence
- low
The later Manggarai domains and their heads are recorded from the seventeenth century on, when Bima and Makassar claim the coast (recalled); nothing for 1200.
What it holds
- Hill hamlets and fields
- The north and west coast landings (inference)
How things stand that morning
No state attested.
Wealth
No export is recorded.
Military
None attested.
Places of note
- Ruteng: Modern hill town (gazetteer point).
Where the sources disagree
Evidence: Nothing before the seventeenth 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.