Terracotta artifacts from this empire include a series of literal boar-shaped piggy banks.
Terracotta artifacts from this empire include a series of literal boar-shaped piggy banks. A minister to this empire took a vow to eat only bland food until he conquered the entire region, and destroyed an entire opposing royal family at the Battle of Bubat. This empire abandoned the usage of gold and silver coinage in favor of pisis, cheap copper coins imported en masse from China. A minor member of this empire's royalty named Raden Patah established the Demak Sultanate. The Ming court levied a massive fine against this empire for killing several of Zheng He's envoys during its civil war, which pitted the eastern court at Blambagan against the western court at (*) Trowulan. This empire reached its peak under the queen Tribhuwana, her son Hayam Wuruk, and their prime minister Gajah Mada, during which it absorbed much of Borneo, Bali, Malaysia, the Philippines, and East Timor, outdoing the hegemony of the earlier Srivijaya Empire. For 10 points, name this last major pre-Islamic empire in Indonesia, also the largest empire ever in Southeast Asia.
Terracotta artifacts from this empire include a series of literal boar-shaped piggy banks.
Majapahit Empire [or Kerajaan Majapahit]