TheMantyasih inscription (also known asBalitung charter andKedu inscription) is an important inscription found and kept by Li Djok Ban in Ngadireja Parakan Temanggung, then the inscription was brought by one of the princes of Surakarta to brought to Surakarta and is now stored in the Radyapustaka Museum,Central Java,Indonesia. It is dated to 907[1]: 108 [2] and was created by KingBalitung from theSanjaya dynasty, of the AncientMataram Kingdom. This inscription contains a genealogy of the kings of Mataram before King Balitung.
The inscription mentions that Mantyasih village was awarded by King Balitung assima (tax-free) land. In Mateseh village today a stone mortar believed to be used duringsima ceremony can still be found. Two mountains are also mentioned: Mount Susundara and Wukir Sumbing (todayMount Sundoro andSumbing).[3]
The inscription was dated 828 Saka (907 CE). This is the part that contains the genealogy list of Mataram ruling kings, part B lines 7-9:
Bosch, in his bookSriwijaya, de Sailendrawamsa en de Sanjayawamsa (1952), suggests that in theMataram Kingdom, there were two dynasties, theSanjaya dynasty, and theSailendra dynasty that equally ruled the kingdom. The Sanjaya lineage was established bySri Sanjaya, the founder of the Mataram Kingdom, who adhered toShivaistHinduism. The next Maharaja wasPanangkaran, who, according to Bosch, was defeated by the Sailendras. Thus in Mataram. there were two dynasties: the Sanjayas ruled the northern parts of Java, while the Sailendras ruled in southern Java. The daughter of Sailendra MaharajaSamaratungga, namedPramodhawardhani, marriedRakai Pikatan of Sanjaya, who succeeded his father-in-law's throne. As a result, the Sanjaya returned to power in Mataram. Bosch assumed that the titlerakai was a dynastic title. The list of Sanjaya kings recorded in the Mantyasih inscription according to Bosch: