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Kakawin Bharatayuddha (1157 CE)

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The Kurukshetra war in Java is dated to a specific day in 1157.

Mpu Sedah began and Mpu Panuluh finished this Old Javanese poem on the great war on 6 Nov 1157 CE under Kediri; with about a hundred manuscripts it is the most-copied Old Javanese work and source of wayang Bharatayuddha.

Who: Pandavas, Kauravas

Places: Java, Bali

Where this comes from

• regional-literary · Wikipedia: Kakawin Bharatayuddha

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