Samaratungga

Samaratungga was the head of the Sailendra dynasty which ruled the Mataram Kingdom and Srivijaya in the 8th and 9th centuries.

He was the successor of King Indra, and his name was mentioned in the Karangtengah inscription dated 824 CE[1]: 92  as the constructor of a sacred Buddhist building called Venuvana (Sanskrit: bamboo forest) to place the cremated ashes of his predecessor King Indra of Sailendra.

Samaratungga married Dewi Tara, the princess of Srivijayan ruler Dharmasetu, which created a close political alliance between the Sailendras and Srivijaya.

After Samaratungga died, Pramodhawardhani married the Shivaite Rakai Pikatan from the Sanjaya dynasty.

[1]: 108 Under the reign of Samaratungga too, Jayavarman II was appointed as the governor of Indrapura in the Mekong Delta.

Borobudur , the largest Buddhist structure in the world built by the Sailendra dynasty under Samaratungga