The First Islamic States of Java 15th and 16th Centuries

Abstract

p. 7.The political independence from foreign powers, which was won after world-war II, aroused in Indonesia a desire for a national history which should describe past developments from an Indonesian point of view and be based chiefly on indigenous material. The history of pre-Islamic Java written by professor Krom of Leiden seemed to come up to the requirements. It was accepted as a beginning for the wished-for national history. Books on the Islamic period written by European authors were found less satisfactory because they were based chiefly on material supplied by foreigners. Indigenous sources of in formation were neglected