Asian Geographic - April 2018

feature | perang api

20th

century Bce

Bali is inhabited by

migrating Austronesian

Taiwanese peoples

14th

century

The Hindu Majapahit

Empire of Java, which

rules parts of Sumatra,

Borneo, Sulawesi and

Papua, founds a

Balinese colony

15th

century

Majapahit scholars,

artists, priests and

musicians flee to

Bali, transforming the

community to a primarily

Hindu one

16th

century

Bali’s golden era of art

and governance. It begins

trade with Holland

17th

century

The Gelgel Kingdom rules

Bali, but political chaos

spells its demise

island of the gods: how Bali came to Be