Airlangga
Monday, January 1, 2024
One does not need to be an expert in Machiavellianism to know that power in politics is not something that can be judged ethically.
THERE are no records of what happened that day, almost 1,000 years ago, in Kediri. It is only known that in the year 1045, Airlangga abdicated the throne. The 43-year-old king had left the palace. He disappeared into the forest and became a hermit.
No one now knew what prompted him to do such a thing, as Airlangga was a beloved king. In the early 11th century, according to a stone inscription, the Kingdom of Kediri in East Java was destroye
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