THE date of that extraordinary day was May 19, 1824, or 21st of the fasting month 1751 in the Javanese calendar. Prince Diponegoro wrote in his autobiography that a visitor who claimed to have no home asked him to go to Mount Rasamuni. He was summoned to meet the Ratu Adil or Just King. The man was willing to accompany him.

And Diponegoro set out. Upon reaching the foothills, his companion suddenly vanished. But at the summit of Mou