The Majapahit Empire (Javanese: ꦏꦫꦠꦺꦴꦤ꧀ꦩꦗꦥꦲꦶꦠ꧀ Karaton Majapahit, Indonesian: Kemaharajaan Majapahit, Malay: Kemaharajaan Majapahit, Malaysian: Empayar Majapahit) was a Hindu Empire and thalassocracy in Southeast Asia, based on the island of Java (part of modernday Indonesia), that existed from 1293 to circa 1500.