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From the seventh century CE, the powerful Srivijaya naval kingdom flourished as a result of trade and the influences of Hinduism and Buddhism that were imported with it. Between the eighth and 10th centuries CE, the agricultural Buddhist Sailendra and Hindu Mataram dynasties thrived and declined in inland Java, leaving grand religious monuments such as Sailendra's Borobudur and Mataram's Prambanan.

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Borobudur, Ancient Attractions of Indonesia Borobudur, Ancient Attractions of Indonesia BOROBODUR
Java: Borobudur, or Barabudur, is a 9th-century Mahayana Buddhist monument near Magelang, Central Java. The monument comprises six square platforms topped by three circular platforms, and is decorated with 2,672 relief panels and 504 Buddha statues. A main dome is surrounded by 72 Buddha statues seated inside perforated stupa ...

Candi Kidal, Ancient Attractions of Indonesia Candi Kidal, Ancient Attractions of Indonesia CANDI KIDAL
Java: Candi Kidal is a Hindu temple built under the Singhasari dynasty. It is situated in the Rejokidal village in the Tumpang district of East Java, approximately 20 km east of Malang. Originally built around 1248, the temple was recently restored in the 1990s. The temple is composed of three levels that are situated on a raised platform ...

Mendut Temple, Ancient Attractions of Indonesia Mendut Temple, Ancient Attractions of Indonesia MENDUT TEMPLE
Java: Mendut is a ninth century Buddhist temple, located in Mendut village, Mungkid sub-district, Magelang Regency of Central Java. The temple is located about three kilometres east of Borobudur. Mendut, Borobudur and Pawon, all of which are Buddhist temples, are located in one straight line. There is a mutual religious relationship between the three temples ...

Pawon Temple, Ancient Attractions of Indonesia Pawon Temple, Ancient Attractions of Indonesia PAWON TEMPLE
Java: Pawon (known locally as Candi Pawon) is a Buddhist temple in Central Java. Located between two other Buddhist temples, Borobudur (1 mile NE) and Mendut (1 mile SW), Pawon is connected with the other two temples, all of which were built during the Sailendra dynasty. The detail and style of its carving tis slightly older than Borobudur ...

Ratu Boko, Ancient Attractions of Indonesia Ratu Boko, Ancient Attractions of Indonesia RATU BOKO
Java: Ratu Boko is an archaeological site known to modern Javanese as Kraton Ratu Boko or Ratu Boko's Palace. Ratu Boko is located on a plateau, about three kilometres south of Lara Jonggrang Prambanan temple complex in Yogyakarta Indonesia. The original name of this site is still unclear, however the local inhabitants named this site after King Boko, the legendary king...

Sambisari, Ancient Attractions of Indonesia Sambisari, Ancient Attractions of Indonesia SAMBISARI
Java: Sambisari is a 9th century Hindu temple located at Sambisari hamlet, Purwomartani village, Kalasan, Sleman regency, Yogyakarta, Indonesia. The temple was buried about five metres underground. Parts of the original temple have been excavated . The temple is located about 8 km east of Yogyakarta near Adisucipto International Airport ...

Trowulan, Ancient Attractions of Indonesia Trowulan, Ancient Attractions of Indonesia TROWULAN
Java: Trowulan is a village in Mojokerto, in the province of East Java. It is surrounded by an archaeological site covering approximately 100 square kilometres. It has been suggested it was the site of the eponymous capital city of the Majapahit Empire, which is described by Mpu Prapanca in the 14th-century poem Nagarakretagama and in a 15th-century Chinese source ...


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