We also visited Klungkung, the district capital and royal seat for what used to be a kingdom controlling much of east Bali, i.e. not much. The kingdom was originally based in Gelgel, peaked in the 1400's, and went through the usual decline and civil war. In the 1600's the king decided the decline was due to a curse on the royal palace, so he uprooted and moved the seat of government to Klungkung. That merely saddled the kingdom with a huge construction bill and the decline intensified. When the Dutch invaded Bali in 1906, Klungkung was the last kingdom to fall. I assume that's due to its remoteness, because their battle plan leaves much to be desired. When the Dutch army showed up outside the city, the entire royal family and court, some two hundred people, marched unarmed toward the army until they all died in a hail of bullets.