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Kudus (Javanese: ꦏꦸꦢꦸꦱ꧀ Pegon: قدوس) is a regency (Indonesian: kabupaten) in Central Java province in Indonesia.Its capital is the town of Kudus.It covers 425.17 km 2 and is thus the smallest regency on Java Island in area, and it had a population of 777,437 at the 2010 Census [2] and 849,184 at the 2020 Census; [3] the official estimate as at mid 2023 was 872,881. [1]
Kudus (Javanese: ꦏꦸꦢꦸꦱ꧀) is the capital and the namesake of the Kudus Regency in Central Java, Indonesia. Its name has an Arabic etymology ( Arab : القدس al-Quds) connected to its foundation by the legendary figure Sunan Kudus .
The History of Bali covers a period from the Paleolithic to the present, and is characterized by migrations of people and cultures from other parts of Asia. In the 16th century, the history of Bali started to be marked by Western influence with the arrival of Europeans, to become, after a long and difficult colonial period under the Dutch, an example of the preservation of traditional cultures ...
Bali (English: / ˈ b ɑː l i /; ᬩᬮᬶ) is a province of Indonesia and the westernmost of the Lesser Sunda Islands.East of Java and west of Lombok, the province includes the island of Bali and a few smaller offshore islands, notably Nusa Penida, Nusa Lembongan, and Nusa Ceningan to the southeast.
The territory around Kudus and Demak was the core of the Demak Sultanate in the sixteenth century; after its decline the Mataram Sultanate came to claim it. [3] Mataram were then forced to concede it to the Dutch; during the nineteenth century and early twentieth century, the area of Koedoes Residency had been a part of Semarang Residency.
As a result, Bali became what historian Ramesh Chandra Majumdar describes as the last stronghold of Indo-Javanese culture and civilisation. The Bali Kingdom in the following centuries expanded its influence to neighboring islands and began to establish a Colony, Gelgel Kingdom Bali for example expanded their influence and established a colony ...
Among the non-governmental institution was the Batavian Society of Arts and Science, which established a museum for Indonesian culture and history. Individuals e.g. Sir Stamford Raffles and Dr. Snoeck Hourgrogne wrote valuable studies on native culture and history before the 20th-century. [1]
S. O. Robson, 'The Ancient Capital of Bali', Archipel 16 1978. Henk Schulte Nordholt, Macht, mensen en middelen; Patronen en dynamiek in de Balische politiek ca. 1700-1840. Doctoraalscriptie, Amsterdam 1980. Henk Schulte Nordholt, The Spell of Power; A History of Balinese Politics. Leiden 1996. ISBN 90-6718-090-4.