Kartosuro

Kartosuro (also spelled Kartasura) is an Indonesian subdistrict "(Kecamatan)" in the Sukoharjo Regency, Central Java. Kartosuro is a Surakarta's satellite city, and a junction of Surabaya-Solo-Yogyakarta and Solo-Semarang highway.

History

In the seventeenth century Kartosuro was the capital of the Sultanate of Mataram between 1680-1755. It is commonly referred to as the Kartasura era or period of the Mataram sultanate - it preceded the transfer to Surakarta by Pakubuwana II.

There were considerable problems for the sultanate in this era -
*difficult reltionship with the Dutch East India Company (VOC)
*issues of succession (Treaty of Giyanti (1755))
*Chinese Rebellion that burnt the "keraton"in (1740)

Ruins

There are 2 palace sites, keraton of Kartosuro in kelurahan of Kartosuro and keraton of Pajang's ruin in kelurahan of Makamhaji.

Further reading

* Miksic, John (general ed.), et al. (2006) "Karaton Surakarta. A look into the court of Surakarta Hadiningrat, central Java" (First published: 'By the will of His Serene Highness Paku Buwono XII'. Surakarta: Yayasan Pawiyatan Kabudayan Karaton Surakarta, 2004) Marshall Cavendish Editions Singapore ISBN 981-261-226-2
* Pemberton, John, (1994) "On the subject of "Java" Ithaca : Cornell University Press.ISBN 0-8014-2672-3
* Ricklefs, M.C. (1978) "Modern Javanese historical tradition: A study of an original Kartasura chronicle and related materials." London : School of Oriental and African Studies.
* Ricklefs, M.C. (1993) "War, culture and economy in Java, 1677–1726: Asian and European imperialism in the early Kartasura period". Sydney : Asian Studies Association of Australia in association with Allen and Unwin.