<![CDATA[This study aims to reconstruct chronologically and critically examine the historiography of the Panji Sakti Dynasty’s political dynamics in Buleleng, North Bali. A critical historical method was employed through external and internal source criticism and cross-textual analysis of the Babad Buleleng, Babad Dalem Sagening, Babad Blahbatuh, Babad Nusa, Babad Mengwi, Babad Blambangan, and contemporary VOC records. The findings precisely establish the birth year of I Gusti Ngurah Panji Sakti as 1627 CE and deconstruct the Panji Landung myth through a semiotic-geopolitical approach. The inauguration of Sukasada Palace is dated to 1651 CE based on the candrasangkala “Raja Manon Butha Tunggal,” while the chronology of the First Blambangan Invasion is corrected to 1667 CE. During the period of decline after 1704 CE, the study identifies genealogical omission of Ki Gusti Panji Bali in a central redaction manuscript dated 1920, associated with political legitimacy demands under colonial rule. The spatial marginalization of the local lineage is further examined through the establishment of Puri Bangkang in 1806 CE as the oldest satellite palace following the Karangasem annexation, alongside communal architectural resilience after catastrophic flash flooding associated with the 1815 CE global eruption of Mount Tambora. The study recommends that the Buleleng Regency Government reconsider the designation of Singaraja’s founding date as 1604 CE because of chronological anomalies incompatible with historical biographies and human reproductive biology. The 1809 CE Paduraksa structure of Puri Bangkang is also recommended for registration as Cultural Heritage for its historical significance as tangible evidence of the global Tambora disaster.]]>
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