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Bali,
creative design
by Access Bali
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Tabanan
has its roots in the 14th century when Javanese invaders settled in the area. As they
expanded their territory, they came into conflict with the Mengwi house, founded during
the mid 1600s with the fall of Gelgel and allied with Buleleng. In the 18th century Mengwi
was the 2nd most powerful royal house after Klungkung.
Whose support it enjoyed. Internal conflict in the late 1700s weakened Mengwi and led to
territorial losses to Tabanan which were retaken in the mid 1800s. By the late 1800s
further conflict erupted and Klungkung withdrew its support, opening the way for its
destruction by Klungkung, Badung, Tabanan, Bangli, and the Dutch. Tabanan got most of
Mengwi, but rising Dutch interests in Bali and the refusal of Tabanan to give inled to its
end in 1906 with the imprisonment and suicide of the ruler and his son.Places of Interest
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