THOUSAND ARCHAEOLOGICAL MESSAGES ON THE LAND: HISTORIC SPOTS
IN CENTRAL JAVA
Central Java was the stage of the culmination of Hindu Java
art in the period extending from the second half of the 6th century
A.D to the beginning of the 10th century. Ruins of the religious
architecture representative of this art, known as candi, are to be found in
abundance in 5 areas of central Java. The following are descriptions of these
areas in the form of excerpts from tourist guide put out by Pariwisata and
local tourist office.
This will be an outdoor museum of the history of Prambanan
and what it was like when the candi were first built. Both will be shown
through properly out of archaeological artifacts and landscaping.
Was Prambanan a city? According to the Indian Shastra, both
individual buildings and whole cities should be carefully designed by Sthapati,
or architects, on the basis of the Mandala.
The geography f Prambanan and the location of the ancient
architecture suggest urban concentration more than they do rural communities.
The initial construction appears to have taken place at the beginning of the
eighth century and although the subsequent scale of construction may have been
limited considering the events of the next hundred years, one can theorize that
the plan of the city- if there in fact was one-covered a square 8km on a side;
with Ratu Boko Hill slightly east of the center,a watershed running north and
south through the middle and a checkerboard pattern.
However, even considering the fact, as told in the later
history eastern Java( Nagaraa Kentagama), that the urban planned portion was
rather limited, there is still much too little known about what the Prambanan
area was like in ancient times since less than5% of the area has been
archaeologically surveyed and therefore in order to substantiate.
In order to substantiate this theory, it will be necessary
to find archaeological evidence of urban facilities, particularly a network of
roads and this will take man years.
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