Dayeuh Pakuan Pajajaran was the spiritual home and capital of Hindu Sunda kingdom from 669 to 1579 A. D...Located near Bogor city in West Java ( Indonesia ), this ancient city gained importance when Hindu Sundanese King Sri Baduga Maharaja established it as his royal capital (of Sunda kingdom) during 15th century...

This famous city was visited by European travellers who described it as-"The city where the king resides in most of the year is the great city of Dayo...This city is two days' journey from the chief port, which is called Calapa. The city (Dayo) has well-built houses of palm leaf and wood. They say that the king's house has three hundreds and thirty wooden pilars as thick as wine cask, and five fathoms high and beautiful timberwork on the top of the pillars and very well-built house."

The city was destroyed by the Sultanate of Banten in 1579.

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