The Balinese plates show a court of the same shape as Java's but with its own words: a council of counsellors of the inner court, commanders (senapati), judges, overseers (juru) and collectors of dues, with the priestly colleges at the side, and the village assemblies (karaman) and hamlets (banua) below.
The plates grant freedoms, set duties on shipping at landings such as Julah, and fix the obligations of temples. This record stands for the officers; no one is named for 1200.
Who he is
- Title
- The king's council, the senapati (commanders), judges, overseers (juru) and the collectors of duties
- Since
- not pinned
- Born
- not known
- Confidence
- low
The Old Balinese plates name such officers in fixed phrases (recalled from Goris; not re-read here). No holder is named for 1200.
Overlord
the queen and her son
What it holds
- The royal justice, the dues at the landings, and the grants of free land
How things stand that morning
In being; no holder known.
Where the sources disagree
Evidence: Recalled from the Old Balinese corpus; the 1200 plates did not open.
On the map: Court offices, no land.
Primary sources for Bali
Chronicles, registers, sagas and inscriptions written in or near 1200 that cover this entry. Each has its own page with editions, translations and where to read it.
- Old Javanese Charters (the Brandes and Krom corpus), including the Kediri inscriptions of Kamesvara and Srngga, Various (the Kediri kings and their officers), edited by J. L. A. Brandes and N. J. Krom (inscriptions of the 8th to 15th centuries; edited 1913). Kediri (Panjalu) in 1200 is known from a few royal charters on stone and copper, which this corpus first printed: the records of Kamesvara (about 1182 to 1194) and of Srngga, that is Kertajaya (from about 1194 to 1222), among them the Kamulan charter of 1194 and the Palah (Panataran) record of 1197, with the king's titles, his seal, the officials of the court and the villages freed from tax.
- The Description of the Country, called the Nagarakretagama, Mpu Prapanca (1365 at the Majapahit court). A Majapahit court poem of 1365 listed here only for its retrospect. Read online
Sources and studies
- R. Goris, Prasasti Bali (1954), the Old Balinese charters; recalled, not re-read
- 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)
- Wikipedia (en), History of Bali (read in this pass): Blanjong pillar 4 February 914, Jayapangus plates, Kertanegara 1284, Gajah Mada 1343
Last revised 4 November 2026. Published 4 November 2026. Suggest a correction on the OMNIA Discord.