Nusa Penida Island as the part of Bali district under the Klungkung
Regency has its own history. The Nusa Penida Island was a place where
the prisoners from Gelgel dynasty from Bali was held in prison at early
18th century under the Majapahit ruler. The Gelgel Dynasty was one of
the Balinese Kingdoms which conquered the Lombok Island once. Before
Majapahit come to Bali, the Gelgel dynasty was the one who conquered
Nusa Penida by killing the last king of Dalem Nusa kingdom in Nusa
Penida as noted in the Babad (history, tale, genealogical account)
Blahbatuh. The period of the kingdom on Nusa Penida ended after that.
The babad said that was happened under the rule of the last raja of
Gelgel, Dimade in the second half of the seventeeth century. From then
on, Nusa Penida was ruled by Bali. The histories all refer to the end of
the reign of the last Dalem of Nusa Penida – called Dalem Nusa or Dalem
Bungkut – who in his lifetime was a king in the flesh. After his death,
he became a feared ruler of the other world. In this role, he is often
called Ratu Gede Mas Mecaling, the Great Lord with Golden Fangs.
