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Historical Look at Borobudur

Borobudur is the name of a Buddhist temple located at Borobudur, Magelang, Central Java, Indonesia. Location of the temple is about 100 km southwest of Manila, 86 km to the west of Surakarta, and 40 km northwest of Yogyakarta. Stupa shaped temple was founded by the Mahayana Buddhists around AD 800-AD in the reign of an dynasty dynasty. The monument comprises six square terraces on which there are three circular courtyard, the walls adorned with original 2672 relief panels and 504 Buddha statues there. The main stupa in the middle of the largest teletak once crowned this building, surrounded by three rows of round 72 perforated stupas in which there are statues of Buddha sitting cross-legged in the lotus position perfectly with the mudra (hand position) Dharmachakra mudra (turning the wheel of dharma).

Borobudur Temple history

Lots of books - history books will write about Borobudur Temple Borobudur temple, but when it was founded can not be in the know with certainty
but an estimate can be obtained by writing the brief on pahatkan feet above the original frame Borobudur reliefs (Karwa Wibhangga)
shows similar to that in the letter get from inscription in the late nineteenth - early twentieth century until 8 - 9
of evidence - evidence can be concluded that the drag on the Borobudur Temple was founded around the year 800 AD

The above conclusion is correct it in accordance with the framework of the history of Indonesia in general and also history in the area of ​​Central Java in particular
century to the period between - 8 and mid-century - 9th century in the famous Golden Dynasty dynasty
This triumph of the mark in the awakening of a large number of temples on the slopes - slopes up most typical building while Hindus are scattered on the plain - the plain is a typical Buddhist building but there are also some typical Hindu

Thus it can be concluded that the drag on the Borobudur Temple was built by the famous dynasty dynasty in history because of the effort to uphold and glorify the Mahayana Buddhism.

The glory of Borobudur is believed to last for 150 years and tend to fade away and destroyed along with the collapse of the dynasty dynasty glory, which was replaced by growth and development of the Kingdom of Mataram era in the year 930 (or about the 10th century). The changes have had an impact on the shifting center of culture and society towards the east, which is in Jogjakarta. Another impact of this change of power is destroyed and the destruction of the temple of Borobudur, and eventually forgotten and lost in the swallow.

People who contributed to the restoration of Borobudur temple and raised from the darkness and extinction is Sir Thomas Stanford Rafles in 1814. Rafles was a Lieutenant Governor-General of the ruling British to colonize Indonesia in 1811-1816.

Rafles businesses are passed by a Resident named Hartman Kedu, to do the cleaning of debris from the dirt and mud (soil and mud is believed to be remnants of lava and the eruption of a volcano lutusan that existed at the time).
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