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Borobudur: A Historical Overview

Borobudur temple is a 9th century Buddhist temple located in Magelang, Central Java, Indonesia. It was built under the Syailendra Dynasty and features eight stone terraces surrounded by Buddhist sculptures. The temple was constructed on a 46 meter hill and was hidden and abandoned for centuries until being rediscovered in 1814 under British rule of Java led by Governor General Thomas Stamford Raffles, who had an interest in Javanese history and culture.

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Borobudur: A Historical Overview

Borobudur temple is a 9th century Buddhist temple located in Magelang, Central Java, Indonesia. It was built under the Syailendra Dynasty and features eight stone terraces surrounded by Buddhist sculptures. The temple was constructed on a 46 meter hill and was hidden and abandoned for centuries until being rediscovered in 1814 under British rule of Java led by Governor General Thomas Stamford Raffles, who had an interest in Javanese history and culture.

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BOROBUDUR TEMPLE

Borobudur was a buddhis temple. Borobudur built in the ninth century under
Syailendra Dynasty of ancient Mataram Kingdom. Borobudur is located in
Magelang, Central Java, Indonesia. Borobudur was a well known all over the
world. It’s construction is influenced by the Gupta architecture of India. The
temple was constructed on hill 46 meters high and consist of eight steps like stone
terrace. The first five terraces are square and surrounded by walls adorned with
buddhis sculpture in bas relief. The upper three are circular. The entire upper
structure is crowned by a large stupa at the center of the top circle.

The history of the next Borobudur temple enters it’s initial stage again. It is
not known that the Borobudur temple was hidden and abandoned for centuries.
Borobudur was buried under a layer of soil and volcanic dust which was then
overgrown with trees and shrubs so that Borobudur actually entered the hill.

In 1814 AD Borobudur temple was rediscovered again. At that time the


island of Java was under British rule led by Thomas Stamford Raffles as governor
general. Raffles has an interest in Javanese history and culture.
BOROBUDUR TEMPLE
Borobudur adalah candi Budha. Borobudur dibangun pada abad kesembilan
di bawah Dinasti Syailendra Kerajaan Mataram kuno. Borobudur terletak di
Magelang, Jawa Tengah, Indonesia. Borobudur terkenal di seluruh dunia.
Konstruksinya dipengaruhi oleh arsitektur Gupta India. Candi ini dibangun di atas
bukit setinggi 46 meter dan terdiri dari delapan anak tangga seperti teras batu.
Lima teras pertama berbentuk bujur sangkar dan dikelilingi oleh dinding yang
dihiasi dengan patung Buddha di relief dasar. Tiga bagian atas berbentuk
lingkaran. Seluruh struktur atas dimahkotai oleh sebuah stupa besar di tengah-
tengah lingkaran atas.

Sejarah candi Borobudur selanjutnya memasuki tahap awal lagi. Tidak


diketahui bahwa Candi Borobudur tersembunyi dan ditinggalkan selama berabad-
abad. Borobudur terkubur di bawah lapisan tanah dan debu vulkanik yang
kemudian ditumbuhi pepohonan dan semak belukar sehingga Borobudur benar-
benar masuk ke dalam bukit.

Pada tahun 1814 masehi candi Borobudur kembali ditemukan lagi. Saat itu
pulau Jawa ada di bawah pemerintahan Inggris yang dipimpin oleh Thomas
Stamford Raffles selaku Gubernur Jenderal. Raffles memiliki ketertarikan pada
sejarah dan kebudayaan Jawa.

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