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How far is Borobudur from Prambanan in Java?

Who built the Borobudur Stupa, in Java, Indonesia?

  • The giant art work for worshiping Buddha that was built in 800 A.D. Does anyone know the people who built it?

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    it was build in Syailendra dinasty by one of the king of Old Mataram (one of biggest buddha kingdom) by King Samaratungga. this temple has 1460 relief and 504 stupa. this temple has 4 stage.... 1. KAMADATHU --> ground stage symbolizing the human bonder by passion 2. RUPADHATU --> 4th floor higher, symbolizing the human can liberate themself by passion but still bonder by shape 3. ARUPHADATU --> 3rd floor higher, the place that Buddha in the Stupa. Symbolizing the human was independence by passion and shape. The local people believe if you can touch the Buddha by entering your hand in the hole of stupa, you will gift long aged... 4. ARUPA --> the top stage, simbolizing nirvana, the rest place of Buddha... every stage have relief that can be read by walking around from the left of entering door... The relief storied us about Ramayana legend, the life of community in that time, etc. fun fact about this temple, in that time, there is no cement, so we don't know how the people in that time can build tha temple without cement, some researcher say that they use egg white and swallow saliva for replace cement...

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Construction on Borobudur began around 800 C.E. Unfortunately, there are no written documents from that period that describe who constructed the monument, nor the reasons why it was built. However, inscriptions carved above the reliefs on the ‘hidden foot’ of the monument have graphical features similar to those in the script commonly used in royal charters between the last quarter of the eighth century and the first decades of the ninth. The 750-850 period was the "Golden Age" of the Sailendra dynasty that produced a great number of the Hindu and Buddhist monuments of Central Java. For more information, check out this UNESCO document: http://unesdoc.unesco.org/images/0002/000200/020097e.pdf

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