History of Banyumas

A Brief Story About Banyumas

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Banyumas Regency exists in the middle of Java between the two big cultural central of Java, East Java (kingdom) and West Java (Sunda). Banyumas location which places far from the power Centrum of old kingdom in Java makes the society more autonomous, so it has created much more unique culture. So that why Banyumas called by “the other of Java” or “the unique of Java”.

There is a legend which became history of the first time opening jungle for village of Java it called “Selarong”. One day, when the village is still surrounded by jungle became lack of water. The day by day people became more and more sorrow, because there was no water. And they couldn’t survive. Event the price of water was very expensive and just like gold.

Than arrived one a bagger that was not being appreciated by the villager. But the bagger went to road of the village and embedded his tick. When the tick was pulled suddenly the water came out from the land. The villagers were very happy, and they were shouting each other, saying that they had got water (Banyu), just like getting gold (emas). The shouting of people kept on and on continuing, till changed the name of Selarong became Banyumas.

That village was started filling by new comer and changed be a bigger village. Entering the monarchy system, Javanese political kingdom trick was being a background of the growing up Banyumas became regency. The last king of Majapahit Kingdom, Sri Prabu Brawijaya V was fear if his region would be taken by his brother Raden Harjo Baribin who loved by the people. The prime minister was ordered to kill Raden Harjo Baribin.

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Getting information would be killed; R Harjo Baribin decided to leave and became holly man at the region of Pakuhan Parahiyanagan Kingdom. Sri Prabu Linggawastu the king of Pakuhan Parahyanagan was interested to take R Harjo Baribin as couple of his sister. Than his sister Dewi Ratna Pamekas be married with R Harjo Baribin and they had four children. One of them is R Banyaksosro that dying when he was young and left a baby, the name is R Djoko Kaiman.

That baby was entrusted with blacksmith Kiai Ageng Mranggi and lived as an ordinary people without having right likes noble son when he was adult. He devoted as horse keeper in Adipati Wirasaba Residence which under the might of Pajang Kingdom. The king, Raden Adipati Wargohutomo knew status noble of that new born and he married off his daughter directly, Rara Kartimah. As political slander, King of Pajang Kingdom, Sultan Hadiwijaya killed Raden Adipati Wargo Hutomo.

In XV Century, Raden Djoko Kaiman was appointed Sultan Hadiwijaya from Pajang Kingdom as leader of Wirasaba Area and he has the title of Kiai Adipati Wargo Hutomo II. It means for forgiving his mistake killing Adipati Wargo Hutomo. Raden Djoko Kaiman did not want to dominate alone the power, so in 1582 he divided his area becoming four (4) parts. He led one of them which central of government is in Mangli Forest, Kejawar Village that would be pioneer of Banyumas Regency.