Example sentences for: raja

How can you use “raja” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • The hillside gardens and lake at Narmada, 10 km (6 miles) east of Cakranegara, were laid out for a 19th-century raja to remind him of Gunung Rinjani and its crater lake when he became too infirm to make the journey to the real mountain.

  • After a second Dutch landing at Padangbai Bay, the puputan ritual was repeated when the Raja of Karangasem and his family threw themselves on the enemy guns.

  • Keen to win the allegiance of the Hindus, Akbar abolished most of the discriminatory taxes on non-Muslims, and recruited Rajputs for his army after marrying a daughter of Raja Bharmal of Amber, (though he did not flinch at massacring another 8,000 Rajput soldiers).

  • Advancing inland to attack the Balinese base at Jagaraga, they were ambushed by a bigger but less well-armed force led by Jelantik, younger brother of the Raja of Bululeng.

  • But the former raja’s capital of Tabanan goes about its business with few concessions to tourism.


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