A report on Jakarta and Java

Replica of the Padrão of Sunda Kalapa (1522), a stone pillar with a cross of the Order of Christ commemorating a treaty between the Portuguese Empire and the Hindu Sunda Kingdom, at Jakarta History Museum.

Parahyangan highland near Buitenzorg, c. 1865–1872

The 5th-century Tugu inscription discovered in Tugu district, North Jakarta

Banteng at Alas Purwo, eastern edge of Java

Male Javan rhino shot in 1934 in West Java. Today only small numbers of Javan rhino survive in Ujung Kulon; it is the world's rarest rhino.

The City Hall of Batavia (Stadhuis van Batavia), the seat of the Governor-General of the VOC in the late 18th century by Johannes Rach c. 1770. The building now houses the Jakarta History Museum, Jakarta Old Town.

Mount Sumbing surrounded by rice fields. Java's volcanic topography and rich agricultural lands are the fundamental factors in its history.

One of the most monumental projects launched by Sukarno was the demolition of government buildings in Merdeka Square to make way for the National Monument.

Cangkuang Hindu temple a shrine for Shiva, dated from the 8th century the Galuh Kingdom.

The 9th century Borobudur Buddhist stupa in Central Java

Tea plantation in Java during Dutch colonial period, in or before 1926

Facade of the Museum Bank Indonesia in Kota Tua

Japanese prepare to discuss surrender terms with British-allied forces in Java 1945

Wisma 46 in post-modernist architecture, the fourth tallest building in Jakarta

Bundaran HI, a 1960s landmark of Jakarta located at the west end of Menteng District.

SambaSunda music performance, featuring traditional Sundanese music instruments.

Boat ride at Indonesian archipelago lake in Taman Mini Indonesia Indah

Lakshmana, Rama and Shinta in Ramayana ballet at Prambanan, Java.

Languages spoken in Java (Javanese is shown in white). "Malay" refers to Betawi, the local dialect as one of Malay creole dialect.

Chinese in Jakarta praying during Chinese New Year in Glodok, Jakarta

Water buffalo ploughing rice fields near Salatiga, in Central Java.

The Indonesian Stock Exchange (Bursa Efek Indonesia) building in Jakarta, one of the oldest in Asia.

A Hindu shrine dedicated to King Siliwangi in Pura Parahyangan Agung Jagatkarta, Bogor.

Jakarta Old City Post Office at Fatahillah Square, Central Jakarta

Mendut Vihara, a Buddhist monastery near Mendut temple, Magelang.

Most visitors to Jakarta are domestic tourists, and Taman Mini Indonesia Indah is aimed at supporting national identity and patriotism.

Masjid Gedhe Kauman in Yogyakarta, build in traditional Javanese multi-tiered roof.

The main TV tower of TVRI at its headquarters in Jakarta

Ganjuran Church in Bantul, built in traditional Javanese architecture.

Atma Jaya Catholic University of Indonesia campus at Semanggi

Tanjidor music of Betawi culture demonstrate European influence

Gado-gado is a popular Indonesian salad dish.

Football match at Gelora Bung Karno Stadium

Asian Games 2018 opening ceremony in Gelora Bung Karno Stadium, 2018

Map of the administrative cities (Kota administratif) in Jakarta province. The Thousand Islands Regency (to the north) is not shown. Each administrative city is further divided into districts (Kecamatan).

Batavia map of Meester Cornelis (now Jatinegara)

The Secretariat of ASEAN at Jl. Sisingamangaraja No.70A, South Jakarta, Indonesia

Al-Azhar Great Mosque, It was Jakarta's largest mosque when it was built until it was surpassed by the Istiqlal Mosque.

The Jakarta Cathedral, one of the oldest churches in Jakarta.

Kim Tek Ie, the oldest Taoist and Buddhist temple in Jakarta.

Aditya Jaya Hindu temple, Rawamangun, East Jakarta.

Ondel-Ondel, often used as a symbol of Betawi culture

Chinese paifang in Mangga Dua, Central Jakarta

The Golden Snail IMAX theatre at Taman Mini Indonesia Indah

Japanese community celebrating Ennichisai in Blok M, South Jakarta

Lying on the northwest coast of Java, the world's most populous island, Jakarta is the largest city in Southeast Asia and serves as the diplomatic capital of ASEAN.

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Banten

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Sultan Maulana Hasanuddin of Banten. Together with his father, Sunan Gunungjati, Hasanuddin founded the Sultanate of Banten

Bird's-eye view of the city of Banten, 1599.

François Valentijn painting of Banten, in 1694.

In 1808, Dutch Governor-General Herman Williem Daendels ordered the annexation of the Banten Sultanate. This marked the demise of the four-century-old Sultanate and the beginning of direct Dutch rule in the region for the next 150 years

Rōmusha after being freed by the Dutch. Thousands of labores died during the construction of the Saketi-Bayah railway under the Japanese

Tanjung Lesung beach, Pandegelang Regency

Mangrove forest in Ujung Kulon National Park

Sawarna Banten Green View, Lebak Regency

Baduy people in Serang during the Seba Baduy event

Mass wedding ceremony of Benteng Chinese

Students from a pesantren wearing Islamic dress. Most of the people in Banten are Muslims

Rampak bedug performance at event of Culinary Festival of Serang

Selection of Kang Nong Banten in 2017. The finalists wear Bantenese traditional dress.

Bantenese men during a debus performance

Jojorong, a food originated from Pandeglang. This food is made from rice flour, brown sugar, coconut milk, and pandan leaves which served into a bowl made from banana leaves.

Soekarno–Hatta International Airport in Tangerang. It is the main airport of the province, as well as the main gateway to Jakarta and Indonesia

A Commuter Line in the Tangerang railway station

A public bus in Poris terminal, Tangerang

The Port of Merak serves ferries to and from Sumatra

Banten (Banten; Sundanese:, romanized: Banten) is the westernmost province on the island of Java, Indonesia.

The province borders West Java and the Special Capital Region of Jakarta to the east, the Java Sea to the north, the Indian Ocean to the south, and the Sunda Strait to the west, which separates Java from the neighbouring island of Sumatra.

West Java

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Rice fields terrace in Priangan highland, West Java, Dutch East Indies. In/before 1926.

Parahyangan highland near Buitenzorg (Bogor), c. 1865–1872

2nd-level Administrative map of West Java Province

View of the mount and the crater of Tangkuban Parahu, Bandung

Tea plantations in Malabar, southern Bandung. Tea plantations are common sight across mountainous West Java

Angklung as a Masterpiece of Oral and Intangible Heritage of Humanity.

Wayang Golek, a traditional Sundanese puppetry.

Jaipongan dance performance accompanied by Sundanese degung mixed with modern instruments.

Cities and regencies of West Java by Human Development Index in 2020

West hall of Bandung Institute of Technology

West Java (Jawa Kulon, Jawa Barat) is a province of Indonesia on the western part of the island of Java, with its provincial capital in Bandung.

West Java is bordered by the province of Banten and the country's capital region of Jakarta to the west, the Java Sea to the north, the province of Central Java to the east and the Indian Ocean to the south.

Indonesia

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Country in Southeast Asia and Oceania between the Indian and Pacific oceans.

A Borobudur ship carved on Borobudur temple, c. 800 CE. Outrigger boats from the archipelago may have made trade voyages to the east coast of Africa as early as the 1st century CE.

The submission of Prince Diponegoro to General De Kock at the end of the Java War in 1830

Mount Semeru and Mount Bromo in East Java. Indonesia's seismic and volcanic activity is among the world's highest.

Rainforest in Mount Palung National Park, West Kalimantan

Köppen-Geiger climate classification map for Indonesia

Major volcanoes in Indonesia. Indonesia is in the Pacific Ring of Fire area.

Low visibility in Bukittinggi, West Sumatra, due to deforestation-related haze.

A presidential inauguration by the MPR in the Parliament Complex Jakarta, 2014

Embassy of Indonesia, Canberra, Australia

Vast palm oil plantation in Bogor, West Java. Indonesia is the world's largest producer of palm oil.

A proportional representation of Indonesia exports, 2019

Jatiluhur Dam, Indonesia's first and largest dam.

Borobudur in Central Java, the world's largest Buddhist temple, is the single most visited tourist attraction in Indonesia.

Raja Ampat Islands, West Papua, has the highest recorded level of diversity in marine life, according to Conservation International.

A Hindu shrine dedicated to King Siliwangi in Pura Parahyangan Agung Jagatkarta, Bogor. Hinduism has left a legacy on Indonesian art and culture.

Menara Kudus, a mosque with a traditional Indonesian architectural style.

Bandung Institute of Technology in West Java

Riots on the streets of Jakarta on 14 May 1998.

Traditional Balinese painting depicting cockfighting

An avenue of Tongkonan houses in a Torajan village, South Sulawesi

Pandava and Krishna in an act of the Wayang Wong performance

Advertisement for Loetoeng Kasaroeng (1926), the first fiction film produced in the Dutch East Indies

Metro TV at Gelora Bung Karno Stadium, reporting the 2010 AFF Championship

Pramoedya Ananta Toer, Indonesia's most famous novelist. Many considered him to be Southeast Asia's leading candidate for a Nobel Prize in Literature.

Nasi Padang with rendang, gulai and vegetables

A demonstration of Pencak Silat, a form of martial arts

A Hindu prayer ceremony at Besakih Temple in Bali, the only Indonesian province where Hinduism is the predominant religion.

Baiturrahman Grand Mosque in Banda Aceh, Aceh. The spread of Islam in Indonesia began in the region.

It consists of over 17,000 islands, including Sumatra, Java, Sulawesi, and parts of Borneo and New Guinea.

The country's capital, Jakarta, is the world's second-most populous urban area.

A Javanese bride and groom wearing their traditional garb

Javanese people

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Javanese adapted many aspects of Indian culture, such as the Ramayana epic.

Sultan Amangkurat II of Mataram (upper right) watching warlord Untung Surapati fighting Captain Tack of the Dutch East India Company (VOC). ca 1684 AD.

A Javanese courtly ceremony at Keraton Surakarta in 1932.

Javanese cultural expressions, such as wayang and gamelan are often used to promote the excellence of Javanese culture.

Gamelan is one of Javanese cultural expression that demonstrate refinement.

Javanese priyayi (aristocrat) and servants, c. undefined 1865.

Example of Javanese cuisine. Clockwise: fried tempeh, mlinjo crackers, gudeg with rice wrapped in teak leaf, green chili sambal and sliced lime.

Nasi tumpeng, the quintessentially Javanese rice dish, symbolises the volcano.

Inhabitants of Jave la Grande (Great Java island), from Nicholas Vallard's manuscript sea atlas (1547). The people are armed with spear and shortsword with curving hilt, a feature of Indonesian weapon (golok?). The man riding a horse seems to be a leader or noble. The servant behind him carried a parasol. Several men is wearing turbans, which may indicate that they are Muslims, but the women did not cover their head like Muslims do (it needs to be noted that, this custom of Muslim women not wearing a veil in Indonesia is quite common until after World War 2). In the background are several raised wooden huts, also a feature of Indonesian building. It is unknown whether these huts are for dwelling or serve as a temporary shelter for people working on the orchard.

Javanese migrant workers in Suriname, circa 1940

A decorative kris with a figure of Semar as the handle. The bilah has thirteen luk

Weapons of Java: Machetes, maces, bow and arrows, blowpipe, sling

Short swords, shields, and a matchlock gun (istinggar)

Javanese woodworkers making traditional masks during the Dutch East Indies era

The carpenters' tools of the Javanese people

A drawing of Javanese manufacturing tools, handicrafts, and musical instruments

Javanese musical instruments, many of which require the skills of blacksmith and carpenters

The Javan or Javanese (Javanese:, Wong Jawa (in Ngoko register); , Tiyang Jawi (in Krama register)) are indigenous ethnic group native to the central and eastern hemisphere of Java island, Indonesia.

In 1619 the Dutch established their trading headquarter in Batavia.

Dutch East Indies

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Dutch colony consisting of what is now Indonesia.

Map of the Dutch East Indies showing its territorial expansion from 1800 to its fullest extent prior to Japanese occupation in 1942

Expansion of the Dutch East Indies in the Indonesian Archipelago

The Submission of Prince Dipo Negoro to General De Kock, by Nicolaas Pieneman

Tjarda van Starkenborgh Stachouwer and B. C. de Jonge, the last and penultimate governor-general of the Dutch East Indies, before the Japanese invasion

The governor-general's palace in Batavia (1880–1900)

House of the Resident (colonial administrator) in Surabaya

The Aceh War (1873–1914) between the Netherlands and the Aceh Sultanate

Decorated indigenous KNIL soldiers, 1927

Volksraad members in 1918: D. Birnie (Dutch), Kan Hok Hoei (Chinese), R. Sastro Widjono and M. N. Dwidjo Sewojo (Javanese)

Students of the School Tot Opleiding Van Indische Artsen (STOVIA) aka Sekolah Doctor Jawa

Dutch, Eurasian and Javanese professors of law at the opening of the Rechts Hogeschool in 1924

Headquarters of the Deli Company in Medan circa 1925

Workers pose at the site of a railway tunnel under construction in the mountains, 1910

Perhimpunan Pelajar-Pelajar Indonesia (Indonesian Students Union) delegates in Youth Pledge, an important event where Indonesian language was decided to be the national language, 1928

The romantic depiction of De Grote Postweg near Buitenzorg

Bioscoop Mimosa cinema in Batu, Java, 1941

Museum and lab of the Buitenzorg Plantentuin

Dutch family enjoying a large Rijsttafel dinner, 1936

Ceremonial Hall, Bandung Institute of Technology, Bandung, designed by architect Henri Maclaine-Pont

Javanese nobles adopted and mixed some aspects of European fashion, such as this couple in 1890.

Dutch colonial couple in the early 20th century wearing native batik and kebaya fashion

Dutch imperial imagery representing the Dutch East Indies (1916). The text reads "Our most precious jewel."

A capital was established in Batavia (now Jakarta), which became the center of the VOC's Asian trading network.

The company was formally dissolved in 1800 and its colonial possessions in the Indonesian archipelago (including much of Java, parts of Sumatra, much of Maluku, and the hinterlands of ports such as Makasar, Manado and Kupang) were nationalized under the Dutch Republic as the Dutch East Indies.

Sunda Kingdom

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The word Sunda written in Sundanese script

Batutulis inscription (dated 1533), in Bogor, commemorate the great King of Sunda Sri Baduga Maharaja (rule 1482-1521).

The Sundanese royal party arrived at the port of Hujung Galuh by Junk Sassana, a type of Javanese junk, which also incorporates Chinese techniques, such as using iron nails alongside wooden dowels, the construction of watertight bulkhead, and addition of central rudder.

Sundanese traditional house with Julang Ngapak roof in Garut circa 1920s. It was built on poles and having a thatched roof, as described in a 12th-century Chinese source.

Old map of Java still thought that land of Sunda in the west is separated from the rest of Java island. Here the capital of Sunda is called Daio which refer to Dayeuh Pakuan Pajajaran

The ruin of Bojongmenje Hindu temple in Priangan highlands, estimated was built in the 7th century.

Statue of a Hindu god from Talaga near Kuningan, West Java, dated from the Sunda Kingdom.

Keraton Kasepuhan of Cirebon. By 1482, the Sunda kingdom lost its important eastern port of Cirebon.

The port of Sunda Kelapa, the cradle of Jakarta. For centuries it was the royal port of Sunda Kingdom serving the capital Dayeuh Pakuan Pajajaran 60 kilometres inland to the south until it fell to Demak and Cirebon forces in 1527.

The Port of Banten in the 16th century. The Islamic Sultanate of Banten was responsible for the demise of Hindu Sunda Kingdom, and supplant it as the dominant polity in western parts of Java in the following centuries.

Hindu Brahmin's ritual objects, including bronze bell and holy water container from Kawali, the historic capital of Galuh Kingdom.

Location of Pakuan Pajajaran copied from book "Kabudayaan Sunda Zaman Pajajaran" Part 2", 2005

Makuta Binokasih Sanghyang Paké, the royal crown of Sunda kingdom. After the fall of Pajajaran to Banten, the crown was evacuated to Sumedang Larang and become their regalia.

A Sundanese woman retrieving rice from a leuit, Sundanese economy mainly rely on rice agriculture

The statue of Shiva Mahadeva from Cibodas village, Cicalengka Subdistrict, Bandung Regency, West Java. Possibly from the Sunda Kingdom period 8th to 9th century.

A bronze statue of Hindu god Shiva discovered in Talaga near Kuningan, West Java. Sunda kingdom period, circa 14th century.

Padrão of Sunda Kalapa (1522), a stone pillar with a cross of the Order of Christ commemorating a treaty between Portuguese Kingdom and Hindu Sunda Kingdom, at National Museum of Indonesia, Jakarta.

Lontar palm-leaf manuscript written in Sundanese

The Sunda Kingdom (Karajaan Sunda, ) was a Sundanese Hindu kingdom located in the western portion of the island of Java from 669 to around 1579, covering the area of present-day Banten, Jakarta, West Java, and the western part of Central Java.

A Sundanese couple wearing neo-traditional wedding attire

Sundanese people

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Jaipongan Mojang Priangan, a Sundanese traditional dance performance.

Batutulis inscription in Bogor, describes the deeds of Sunda King, Sri Baduga Maharaja, popularly known as Prabu Siliwangi.

Sundanese boys playing Angklung in Garut, c. 1910–1930.

Map showing the location of the Sundanese in Java.

Cangkuang temple, the 8th century Hindu temple near Garut testify the Sundanese Hindu past.

Akad nikah, Sundanese Islamic wedding vows in front of penghulu and witnesses.

A Hindu shrine dedicated to King Siliwangi in the Hindu temple Pura Parahyangan Agung Jagatkarta, Bogor, West Java.

Elderly Sundanese woman near a rice paddy, at Garut, West Java.

Wayang Golek, traditional Sundanese puppetry.

SambaSunda music performance, featuring traditional Sundanese music instruments such as kecapi, suling, and kendang.

Traditional Sundanese house with Capit Gunting shape in Papandak, Garut.

A typical modest Sundanese meal consists of steamed rice, fried salted fish, sayur asem (vegetable with tamarind based soup), lalab sambal (raw vegetables salad with chili paste) and karedok (vegetable salad with peanuts paste).

A Sundanese Leuit (rice barn), initially Sundanese are rice farmers.

A depiction of King Siliwangi or Sri Baduga Maharaja, in Keraton Kasepuhan Cirebon.

The Sunda or Sundanese (ᮅᮛᮀ ᮞᮥᮔ᮪ᮓ) are an indigenous ethnic group native to the western region of Java island in Indonesia.

The western third of the island of Java, namely the provinces of West Java, Banten, and Jakarta, as well as the westernmost part of Central Java, is called by the Sundanese people Tatar Sunda or Pasundan (meaning Sundanese land).

Banten Sultanate

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Rough extent of Banten at the death of Hasanudin, controlling both sides of Sunda Strait

Bird's-eye view of the city of Bantam, 1599.

Colonial era sketch of Grand Mosque of Banten

The reception of Cornelis de Houtman in Java in 1596 by Paulides.

The golden crown of the Sultan of Banten

De Stad Bantam, engraving by François Valentijn, Amsterdam, 1726

Banten Residency after annexation to Dutch East Indies, with neighbouring Batavia (now Jakarta) and Buitenzorg (now Bogor)

The ruins of Kaibon palace, the former residence of Banten Sultan's queen mother.

Piper nigrum, the main commodity of Banten.

The Great Mosque of Banten, the remnant of Banten Sultanate, a popular destination for Indonesian Muslims.

The Banten Sultanate (كسلطانن بنتن) was a Bantenese Islamic trading kingdom founded in the 16th century and centred in Banten, a port city on the northwest coast of Java; the contemporary English name of both was Bantam.

Ranamanggala restored the state's authority on commercial affairs; levying taxes, imposing price and volume of trade, and exiling the ponggawa elites to the port of Jayakarta in the east, stripping the merchants' power altogether.

Batavia around 1780 (note this a mirror image - for example the castle should be placed left of the canal)

Batavia, Dutch East Indies

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The capital of the Dutch East Indies.

Batavia around 1780 (this image is now in the correct order after horizontally flipping that mirror image - for example, the castle is correctly placed left of the canal)

Replica of an East Indiaman of the Dutch East India Company/United East Indies Company (VOC).

The coconut-tree-lined Tijgersgracht canal

Batavia, Weltevreden, Koningsplein, Hotel der Nederlanden c. 1912

Drawing of the imagined Japanese entry into Batavia

Many coolies and slaves were employed from outside Java.

The area corresponds to present-day Jakarta, Indonesia.

Batavia is on the north coast of Java, in a sheltered bay, on a land of marshland and hills crisscrossed with canals.

Javanese language

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The word Jawa (Java) written in Javanese script.

A Javanese noble lady (left) would address her servant with one vocabulary, and be answered with another. (Studio portrait of painter Raden Saleh's wife and a servant, colonial Batavia, 1860–1872.)

Susuhunan Pakubuwono X of Surakarta. Surakarta has been a center of Javanese culture, and its dialect is regarded as the most "refined".

A modern bilingual text in Portuguese and Javanese in Yogyakarta.

Distribution map of languages spoken in Java, Madura, and Bali.

Javanese (,, ; basa Jawa, Aksara Jawa: , Pegon: , ) is a Malayo-Polynesian language spoken by the Javanese people from the central and eastern parts of the island of Java, Indonesia.

At least one third of the population of Jakarta are of Javanese descent, so they speak Javanese or have knowledge of it.