page_title: Battle of Bubat
section_title: Legacy
hierarchical_section_title: Battle of Bubat / Legacy
context_page_description: The Battle of Bubat also known as Pasunda Bubat is the battle between the Sundanese royal family and Majapahit army that took place in Bubat square on the northern part of Trowulan in 1279 Saka or 1357 CE.
context_section_description: The tragic battle believed has caused the ill sentiments of Sundanese-Javanese animosity for generations. For example, unlike most of Indonesian cities, until recently in Bandung, West Java capital city also the cultural center of Sundanese people, there is no street name bearing the name "Gajah Mada" or "Majapahit". Although today Gajah Mada is considered as one of Indonesian national hero, Sundanese people still did not find him deserving based on his wicked deed in this incident. And vice versa, until recently, there was no street bearing the names of "Siliwangi" or "Sunda" in Surabaya and Yogyakarta.
  The tragedy also caused a myth to revolve around Indonesians, which forbids marriage between a Sundanese and a Javanese, as it would be unsustainable and only bring misery to the couple.
  The battle has become a fertile inspiration as an Indonesian form of tragedy; including wayang performance and various dance drama. They mostly describes the tale of doomed tragic romance, the battle of two kingdoms and the suicide of a beautiful princess. Tales based on Battle of Bubat is performed as wayang golek puppet performance, Sundanese sandiwara drama, and Javanese Ketoprak traditional drama. It also inspires historic fiction novel books and strategy video games. The videogame Ages of Empires II features the Pasunda Bubat tragedy as one of its campaign.
caption: The map of Trowulan, the Bubat square suggested was located on northern parts of city