The Sundanese population was traced back into ±2000 years ago according to the historical evidence of Ciaruteun and Jambu inscriptions found in Bogor during the era of Tarumanagara Kingdom (358 A.D.) and the location of Salakanagara that was mentioned by Ptolemaeus as Argyre (The City of Silver) and predicted to be founded in Teluk Lada of Pandeglang Region.
The first king was Dewawarman, a traveling ambassador, merchant and immigrant from Pallawa, Bharata (India), finally settled because he married a local prince's daughter of Aki Luhur Sang Mulya.
The existence of Salakanagara Kingdom has also been mentioned by Chinese and Indian sources. It was stated that in 123 M, Tiao Pien the king of Ye Tiau sent emissaries to China during the Han Dynasty.
Descendants of this Sunda Kingdom have founded other great kingdoms in the archipelago, including Sriwijaya, Majapahit, Mataram Kingdom, the Kingdom of Cirebon, and the Kingdom of Banten.
The son-in-law of Dewawarman VIII, Jayasinghawarman, founded Tarumanegara; Purnawarman was his son grandson, who reigned over forty-eight vassal kingdoms between 395 and 434 AD, from Sakalanagara in West Java to Purwalingga, in East Java.
In 363 M, Salakanagara kingdom ended when it was ruled by Dewawarman VIII, who was in power since 340 M. Then Salakanagara became a “subordinate kingdom” under the rule of Tarumanagara when Dewawarman IX was in power.
Salakanagara Kingdom (130-362 AD)
