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of Central Javanese political history is called Paliyan Nagari, Division of the Realm. In the course of the second half of the eighteenth century and the nineteenth cen tury art and literature developed in Sura karta and Yogyakarta on different lines. Surakarta enjoyed a long period of almost unbroken peace. In the field of literature a classical renaissance flourished and impor tant books were written (see 00020, the fourth era). The political history of Yogya karta was troubled by two episodes of war: during the British interregnum 1811-1814, and as a consequence of the Dipa Nagara insurrection, 1825-1830. In Yogyakarta, literature did not develop as well as it did in Surakarta. Specific Yogyakarta and Sura karta literary texts are mentioned separately in the present Synopsis. Of course the critical episode of the Divi sion of the Realm in 1755 is described by several Javanese authors. In Javanese the texts are called Babad Giyaniti or Babad Matjkubumèn. The best known Babad Giyanti was probably written in the begin ning of the nineteenth century by the great Surakarta author Yasadipura the Elder. It forms the conclusion of his History of Ma- taram Kings, known under the name of Major Babad (see 27.000). In Yogyakarta in the same period also historical texts on the origin of the Sultanate were written. They were called by preference Babad Mary- kubumèn, Marjku Bumi being the name of the first Sultan when still a prince. The people’s veneration for the founder of the local dynastiy is voiced in these texts. Under the present head Babad Giyanti a nd Babad Matjkubumèn texts have been collected. More manuscripts containing in

formation on the subject have been regis tered in the General Index under the catch words Giyanti, Maw,ku Bumi and Yogya karta. Yasadipura’s Babad Giyanti was pub lished for the first time in Yogyakarta, 1885- 1892. In the twentieth century the book was reprinted by the “Volkslektuur” publishing office, Batavia. 26.810 Babad Giyanti, Yasadipura, Sura karta : cod. NBS 29-33 (= NBS 34). 26.820 Babad Paliyan Nagari, Surakarta: cod. 4091. 26.830 Babad Giyanti, Mapkubumèn, Yog yakarta origin: cod. 8556, NBS 35. 26.840 Babad Palihan Nagari, Yogyakarta: cod. KITLV Or 392. 27.000 General Histories of the Mataram Dynasty, Surakarta. Connected with the development of a clas sical renaissance in literature (see 00020, the fourth era) in the last decades of the eigh teenth century is the appearance of ency clopedical works meant to be collections of knowledge of all things and events of the past. The period of peace enjoyed in Sura karta, the ensuing prosperity and the contact with sympathizing Dutch scholars (Gericke, Winter, Wilkens) brought about a memor able interest in literature in Court circles. In the field of political history babads beginning with Adam up to the times of the authors were written. Always the greatness of the Mataram Kings was in the authors’ minds. Local histories of Pasisir kingdoms of the past which they happened to come across were only incorporated in the major