Naval Flag of the Majapahit Empire

Naval Flag of the Majapahit Empire

Description

  • The Majapahit Empire (1293–1527) was a Hindu-Buddhist thalassocracy based in East Java, whose influence extended across much of today's Indonesia, Malaysia, and the Philippines
  • Construction: horizontal alternating red and white stripes — known as Gula Klapa ("palm sugar and coconut") — recorded as the naval banner of Majapahit fleets
  • The same red-and-white dualism inspired the modern Indonesian and Monégasque national flags

Trivia

  • Prime Minister Gajah Mada swore the Palapa oath in 1336, vowing to unite the archipelago under Majapahit
  • The empire's decline began after the death of Hayam Wuruk in 1389, worsened by the rise of Islamic sultanates
  • Majapahit coins and terracotta have been found from the Philippines to Madagascar
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  "ns": "empires",
  "name": "Majapahit Empire",
  "now": "indonesia",
  "years": "1293–1527",
  "id": "majapahit",
  "index": "c/indonesia:1293",
  "title": "Naval Flag of the Majapahit Empire",
  "ratio": "7:12",
  "colors": [
    {
      "color": "red",
      "hex": "#be0a1f",
      "cmyk": "0/95/84/25",
      "note": "Gula — the red half of \"Gula Klapa\" (sugar and coconut)."
    },
    {
      "color": "white",
      "hex": "#ffffff",
      "note": "Klapa — the coconut meat."
    }
  ],
  "desc": "- The Majapahit Empire (1293–1527) was a Hindu-Buddhist thalassocracy based in East Java, whose influence extended across much of today's Indonesia, Malaysia, and the Philippines\n - **Construction:** horizontal alternating red and white stripes — known as **Gula Klapa** (\"palm sugar and coconut\") — recorded as the naval banner of Majapahit fleets\n - The same red-and-white dualism inspired the modern Indonesian and Monégasque national flags",
  "flag": "empires/majapahit.svg",
  "countryData": {
    "name": "Majapahit Empire",
    "officialName": "Wilwatikta",
    "un": "none"
  },
  "trivia": "- Prime Minister Gajah Mada swore the Palapa oath in 1336, vowing to unite the archipelago under Majapahit\n - The empire's decline began after the death of Hayam Wuruk in 1389, worsened by the rise of Islamic sultanates\n - Majapahit coins and terracotta have been found from the Philippines to Madagascar",
  "_name": "Majapahit Empire",
  "_namespace": "empires",
  "_namePart": "majapahit"
}
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