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Mataram

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Mataram

Historic kingdom, Java. Originally a vassal state of Pajang, it became powerful under Senapati, who became its first king in the late 16th century. Its territory expanded in the early 17th century, but the kingdom later began to decline. In the mid-18th century it lost both power and territory to the Dutch East India Co., and was a vassal state of the company by 1749. Wars of succession in 1755 led to its division into the regions of Surakarta and Yogyakarta.



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The VOC failed to comprehend the nature of Javanese politics, thinking that the susuhunan of Mataram was an oriental despot with unlimited powers.
Title track ``Vande Mataram,'' an old freedom-fighter's tune for which Rahman penned a sizzling contemporary arrangement, is one of several pieces that will surely catch the fancy of world-music devotees.
 
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