Gajah Mada
On the contrary, much of the modern popular depiction of Gajah Mada derives from the imagination of M. Yamin in his 1945 book "Gajah Mada: Pahlawan Persatuan Nusantara". Another illustration of the historical Gajah Mada, different from Yamin's, is the result of research at the University of Indonesia by archaeologist Agus Aris Munandar. He interpreted that Gajah Mada was depicted as Bima in wayang shadow puppet shows, with a transverse mustache. He is mostly shown bare-chested, wearing a sarong, and using a weapon in the form of a kris. While this may have been true on civilian duties, his official outfit might have been different: a Sundanese patih explained in the kidung Sundayana that Gajah Mada wore a gold-embossed "karambalangan" (breastplate) and was armed with a gold-layered spear and a shield full of diamond decoration.