History of Malang

TUGU MALANG CITY

Malang region has existed since the time immemorial into residential areas. Many rivers around this place makes it suitable as a residential area. Dinoyo and Tlogomas unknown territory is an area of ​​prehistoric settlement. Furthermore, various inscriptions (eg Inscription Dinoyo), enshrinement buildings and statues, scars brick foundation, former drainage channels, as well as pottery found from the period of the late Empire Kanjuruhan (the 8th century and 9th) are also found in the adjacent spot.

The name "Unfortunate" is still researched its origin by historians. While historians continue to explore other sources to obtain the right answers to the origin of the name "Malang". Until now had obtained some hypotheses about the origin of the name of Malang.

Malangkucecwara written in the symbol of the city, according to one of hypothesis is the name of a sacred building. Name shrine itself is found in two inscriptions of King Balitung of Central Java which the stele Mantyasih in 907, and the 908 inscriptions found in one place between Surabaya and Malang. However, where is the actual shrine Malangkucecwara it, historians still get the deal. The parties expect the location of the building is in the holy mountains Buring, one that ran in the mountains east of the city of Malang where there is a mountain peak named Malang. Proving the truth of these allegations is still underway as it turns out, the city of Malang west side there is a mountain called Malang.

Other parties suspect that the real location of the shrine was located in the area Tumpang, a place in the northern city of Malang. To date in the area there is still a village named Malangsuka, which some historians, probably derived from the spoken word Malankuca reversed. The opinion above is also corroborated by a number of ancient buildings are scattered in the area, such as Candi Candi Jago and Left, both of which Singasari kingdom relic.

Of the two hypotheses mentioned above still uncertain which of the foregoing would be known by the name derived from the name of Malang shrine Malangkucecwara it. Is the area around Malang now, or two mountains named Malang around that area. A copper inscription found at the end of 1974 banh plantation, Wlingi, southwest of Malang, in a part written as follows: "............ taning sakrid Malang-akalihan wacid opponent Macu pasabhanira dyah Spleen Makanagran I .........". The meaning of the above sentence is: "........ the east where hunting around Malang with wacid and Mancu, rice Dyah Spleen is ......... "From the sound of the inscription was apparently Malang is one place in the east of the places mentioned in the inscription. From these inscriptions obtained the evidence that the use of the name of Malang has been at least since the 12th century AD.

Malangkucecwara name consists of three words, namely mala meaning fraud, falsehood, and falsehood; angkuca meaning crush or destroy, and Icwara which means "God". Thus, Malangkucecwara means "God has destroyed the evil".

Previous hypotheses, perhaps in contrast to the opinion that the name Malang suspect comes from the word "Dispute" or "hindered" (in Javanese means Malang). Once Sunan Mataram want to expand its influence in East Java have tried to occupy the area of ​​Malang. Residents of the area to fight a great war. Therefore Sunan Mataram assume that the people area obstruct, deny or poor on purpose Sunan Mataram. Since then, the area was named Malang.

The emergence of the kingdom Kanjuruhan, is seen by historians as an early milestone in the growth of central government, which until now, after 12 centuries ago, has grown to become the city of Malang.

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