No written evidence was found explaining who built Borobudur and what it was used for. The time of its construction was estimated based on a comparison between the type of script written on the closed leg of Karmawibhangga and the type commonly used in royal inscriptions of the 8th and 9th centuries. It is estimated […]
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Borobudur (Javanese: ꦕꦤ꧀ꦝꦶ ꦧꦫꦧꦸꦝꦸꦂ, translit. Candhi Barabudhur) is a Buddhist temple located in Borobudur, Magelang, Central Java, Indonesia. This temple is located approximately 100 km to the southwest of Semarang, 86 km to the west of Surakarta, and 40 km to the northwest of Yogyakarta. This stupa-shaped temple was founded by Mahayana Buddhists around the […]