The fall of Me Singosari Empire after Kartanagara's assassination in 1292 was followed by the -the of the new dynasty of Majapahit, GajahMada, the grand vizier of King Radjasangara of Java's Majapahit, went to Bali in 1343 to subjugate the some demonic king of the Balinese Pejeng Dyansty. Dalem Bedulu who refused to recognize Majapahit supremacy.
Gajah Mada conquered Bali in the east Java spread from purely political and religious, spheres into the arts and architecture. Bali became just another outpost in an a which encompassed the entire archipelago The Javanese court chronicler, Prapanca relates how all the vile, long-haired Balinese princes were wiped out and that all the barbarian Balinese customs are consistent with Javanese ones.' This, of course, was not true as elements of Old Balinese culture-prestige stratification, endogamous patriline ages, a developed witch-cult, and fight-knit irrigation societies--survive intact up to the present day.
A young Brahman nobleman. Mpu Kapakisan, was appointed king of Bali by Gajah Mada, and a colony of Javanese settlers was dispatched. The Balinese revoked against the Majapahit time and again, but the uprisings were put down in memorable battles, after which military figures became rulers of Bali and to them the present Balinese aristocracy traces its origin. The first four vassal rulers under the Javanese resided at a royal court in Samprangan near Gianyar. During Hayam Wuruk rule (135-89) a dissenting vassal, I Dewa Ketut Tegal Besung, fell out with his elder brother (he had married his sister to a horse) find established a princely court in Gelgel near Klungkung. Bali had been conquered at the peak of Majapahit artistic flower and thus Gelgel soon rose as an artistic power center which exerted a powerful influence over Bali's subsequent cultural development. Hinduistic concepts filtered down to the villagers via the electrifying medium of the shadow play.
Over 400 years ago most of East Java was like Bali is today. Prior to 1815 Bali had a greater population density than Java, suggesting that its Hindu-Balinese civilization was even more successful then Java's. In fact, when Sir Stamford Raffles wrote his History Of Java in the early 19th century, he had to turn to Bali for what remained of the once-great literature of Java.
Historically speaking, Bali is today still a fossil of Java during Majapahit's golden age - a living museum of many elements of the old Indo-Javanese civilization. Like a Tibet

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in Bali we must point out a very important distinction which the Balinese make between two clearly separate groups of ancestors. The first of these groups consists of the dead who are riot yet completely purified. This group is in turn subdivided in pirata, those riot yet cremated, and pitara, those already cremated. The former are still completely impure; the latter have been purified, but are still considered as distinct, individual souls. The second group consists of the completely purified ancestors who are considered as divine.
No contact is sought with the pirata, the dead who have not yet been cremated. Oil the contrary they are dangerous, Offerings must however be made for the redemption of their souls.

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