Gajah Mada dies, Majapahit reaches zenith

1373

The legendary mahapatih of Majapahit, architect of the Palapa oath to unite the archipelago, died at the peak of his court's power. Hayam Wuruk reigned alone over an empire stretching from Sumatra to eastern Indonesia. Court poetry in the Nagarakertagama, composed by the poet Prapanca, praised the kingdom as the center of the world.