Babad

Babad Dalem is a Balinese history translated as “Chronicle of the Kings” despite it not being a western-like chronicle. The original was probably written in the 18th century by a Brahman tied to the Klungkung Palace in Bali. A mix of myth, legend, and history tracing back to its Javanese roots to the Hindu-Buddhist Majapahit Empire (1293-1527), it is considered a sacred document of Balinese kingsand their ministers.