Did the Champa Kingdom have keris?

[David]

Originally Posted by Newsteel

And about 17th century, the princes of Champa married the king of Majapahit (after Islam).

I am a little confused by this statement since the Majapahit kingdom was almost 2 centuries past in the 17th century, so how could there be a king of Majapahit at that point?

[Newsteel]

Originally Posted by David

I am a little confused by this statement since the Majapahit kingdom was almost 2 centuries past in the 17th century, so how could there be a king of Majapahit at that point?

I apologised for having some mistake here. It is not 17th century, but 15th century. The princes of Champa married to the last king of Majapahit, and converted him to Islam. That was the last Majapahit kingdom. This princess were also further connected to the 'Wali Songo' or the Nine Saints of Islam (Indonesia) spreading new religion Islam throughout Java.

Those days, the Cham have a lot of dealings with the Majapahit and the Malays (Kelantan and Malacca). Involving a lot of battles too, they soon fell and were force to flee to southern part of the peninsular and other parts of Indonesia. And during this, the keris also fell.

A good reading : http://kyotoreview.cseas.kyoto-u.ac....ticle_353.html

[PenangsangII]

even one of Raden Wijaya's wives was from Champa, and the 2nd Majapahit king, Jayanegara had mixed javanese-champa blood - early 14th C