Ekajayalancana

Who he is

Name

Haji Ekajayalancana

Title

Haji (king), co-ruler of Bali

Since

fl. 1200 (Saka 1122); reigning on 1 January 1200 is an inference

Born

not known

Family

Son of the queen Sri Arjayadengjayaketana (the list shows him as her son); the next name in the list, Bhatara Guru Sri Adikuntiketana (fl. 1204), is shown beneath him, which suggests a son but is not stated.

Confidence

medium

en.wikipedia's List of monarchs of Bali: Haji Ekajayalancana, co-regent, fl. 1200. The plate and the month did not open.

Overlord

the queen, his mother

What it holds

• Nothing recorded separately; he shares the royal ridge with his mother

How things stand that morning

Co-ruler if the list is right; the 1 January position is an inference.

Where the sources disagree

Evidence: One line in a list.

On the map: No separate 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