The oldest archaeological findings of the inhabitants of West Java Anyer found in the culture with the discovery of bronze and iron metal from before the first millennium. Clay pottery prehistoric times Buni (Bekasi old) can be found ranging from Anyer to Cirebon.
[[West Java]] in the 5th century was part of the Kingdom of [[Tarumanagara]]. Inscription remains Kingdom [[Tarumanagara]] a lot of spread in West Java. There are seven inscriptions written in script Wengi (which Palawa period digunkan in India) and Sanskrit most Tarumanagara told the king.
After the collapse of the kingdom [[Tarumanagara]] royal attack [[Srivijaya]] on the basis of Kota Kapur inscription (in 686), power in the western [[Java]] from Ujung Kulon to proceed by Ciserayu time [[Kingdom of Sunda]]. One inscription from the time of the Kingdom of Sunda is Kebon Kopi II inscription from the year 932. Sunda Kingdom capital is Pakuan Pajajaran (now the city of [[Bogor]]).
In the 16th century, the Sultanate of Demak grow into a threat to the Kingdom of Sunda. Cirebon port of Sunda kingdom apart from the assistance of the Sultanate of Demak. Pelabuhan Cirebon later became [[Sultanate of Cirebon]] which broke away from the Kingdom of Sunda. Port of Banten is also off the hands of the Sultanate of Cirebon and later became [[Sultanate of Banten]]. To face the threat of the Sultanate of Cirebon and Demak Sultanate, Baduga Sri Maharaja, the king of Sunda then asked his son, Surawisesa to make a defense treaty with the nation's security [[Portuguese]] in [[Malacca]] to prevent the collapse of the main ports, namely [[Sunda Kalapa ]] to the Sultanate of Cirebon and the Sultanate of Demak. At the time [[Surawisesa]] becomes king of Sunda, with the title King Surawisesa Jayaperkosa, defense and security treaty Sunda-Portuguese, known as Luso-Sundanese Treaty, signed in 1512. In return, the Portuguese were given access to build a fort and warehouse on the Sunda Kalapa and access to trade there. To realize the security and defense agreements, in the year 1522 established a stone monument called Padrão Ciliwung river around the monument.
Although defense and security treaty with the Portuguese have been made, implementation can not be realized because in 1527 the alliance forces Cirebon - Demak, under the leadership of Fatahilah or Paletehan, attacked and conquered the port of Sunda Kalapa. War between the Kingdom of Sunda and alliances Cirebon - Demak lasted five years until finally in 1531 made a peace treaty between King Surawisesa with [[Sunan Gunung Jati]] from Cirebon Sultanate.
From 1567 until 1579, under the leadership of Raja Mulya, alias Prabu Surya Kencana, the Kingdom of Sunda big decline under pressure from the Sultanate of Banten. After the year 1576, the kingdom could not maintain the Sunda Pakuan Pajajaran, the capital of the Kingdom of Sunda, and finally fell into the hands of the Sultanate of Banten. Sultanate of Banten government era, the area fell into the hands Priangan [[Sultanate of Mataram]].
West Java as an administrative sense began to be used in the year [[1925]] when the Government [[Dutch East Indies]] form of West Java Province. The formation of the province as''execution''Bestuurshervormingwet year [[1922]], which divides the Dutch East Indies units provincial areas. Before the year 1925, used the term''''Soendalanden (Tatar Soenda) or Pasoendan, as a term to describe the geography of [[Java]] in the west of the River Cilosari and Citanduy largely inhabited by residents who use the language of [[Sunda] ] as a first language.
On August 17, 1945, West Java became part of the [[Republic of Indonesia]].
On December 27, 1949 in West Java became Pasundan State which is one of the state [[Republic of Indonesia United States]] as a result of the three-party agreement in the Round Table Conference: the Republic of Indonesia, Bijeenkomst voor Federaal Overleg (BFO), and the Netherlands. This agreement was witnessed also by the United Nations Commission for Indonesia (UNCI) as a UN representative.
However, West Java to rejoin the [[Republic of Indonesia]] in 1950.
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