massive Buddhist monument in central Java, Indonesia, 26 miles (42 km) northwest of Yogyakarta. The Borobudur monument combines the symbolic forms of the stupa (a Buddhist commemorative mound usually containing holy relics), the temple mountain (based...

Situated in the Borobudur district of central Java, this Buddhist temple is an architectural wonder of the world. Its construction was started in 778 CE by the Sailendra ruler Vishnu and was completed during the reign of his grandson, Samaratunga, in...

Buddhist monument in central Java, built &circa; 778–850 under the Shailendra dynasty. Constructed with about 2 million cu ft (57,000 cu m) of gray volcanic stone, it resembles a stepped pyramid. Its base and first five terraces are square; the...

Enormous Bst. structure in Java covered with fine reliefs of subjects from M. Bsm. A stepped pyramid on square base covering about 520 feet square. Begun about A.D. 850. Restored by Dutch. See Krom, The Life of the Buddha (The Hague,...

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