BOROBUDUR TEMPLE

The world's biggest Buddhist temple which is one master piece of work among the Seven Wonders of the World is located in the village of Borobudur Borobudur Kec approximately 3 km from the city Mungkid (40km) from Yogyakarta.Kawasan temple built by King Samaratungga of dynasty dynasty in the eighth century has now surrounded by a park area with various power charm for visitors. Strategic location of the magnificent Borobudur temple and sturdy (read: Borobudur Nan Megah) has been much written by several researchers and archaeologists (Sutanto, 2005). But many researchers are up to now still can not decide when they built the Borobudur Temple. But the estimate of the founding of the temple is based on a brief article on frame inscribed reliefs that are at the foot of the temple, which is more or less in the late 8th century to the early 9th century, or about the year 800 AD.
Borobudur temple is located in the framework of the golden century dynasty dynasty, ie, between the 8th century until the 9th century. This triumph was marked by the construction of a large number of buildings scattered temples on the island of Java and Sumatra. Some inscriptions show that the temple is an expression Borbudur dynasty dynasty to uphold and glorify Mahayana Buddhism.
Historical records show that the Borobudur temple built during the leadership of King of the dynasty the most famous dynasty, namely Samaratungga, c. 800s AD. At that time, the construction of this temple is believed to decorate / add rocks in the area of natural hills, so that Borobudur is believed to be piles of stones placed on top of a towering hill. Stones that are organized into the temple as much as 55,000 m3 of andesite, with a tiered pyramid-shaped building that has stairs on all four sides (more at Borobudur Building Structures).
In the reign of King Samaratungga Borobudur temple used as a center of religious activities and worship and pilgrimage in the King Samaratungga. In addition, this temple is also known as centers of knowledge and cultural center of Mahayana Buddhism, and the center of life and economic activities in the dynasty era dynasty.
Triumph Borobudur is believed to survive for 150 years and gradually faded and tended to collapse along with the collapse of the triumph of dynasty dynasty, which was replaced by growth and development of the Kingdom of Mataram era in the year 930 (or roughly the 10th century.) This change had an impact on the shifting center of culture and society towards the east, which is in Jogjakarta. Another impact of this change of power is destroyed and the damage to Borobudur temple, and eventually forgotten and lost in the swallow.
People who are credited with restoring and raising building Borobudur temple of darkness and extinction is Sir Thomas Stanford Rafles in 1814. Rafles was a Lieutenant Governor General of British colonial rule in Indonesia in 1811-1816.
Rafles business are passed by a resident Kedu named Hartman, by doing cleaning the debris from ground dirt and mud (soil and mud is believed to be a remnant of the lava erupting volcano lutusan one existing at the time).
History of Borobudur temple is located in the village of Borobudur, Magelang regency, Central Java. This temple is the second largest Buddhist temple after Ankor Wat temple in Cambodia and included in one of the seven wonders of the world. There are several versions about the origins of the name of this temple. The first version says that the name comes from the Sanskrit Borobudur is "bara" which means "temple or monastery complex" and "beduhur" meaning "high / above".

The second version says that the name Borobudur History possibility comes from the word "sambharabudhara" which means "mountain slope terraces." A third version is interpreted by prof. Dr. Borobudur Poerbotjoroko explains that the word comes from the word "bhoro" which means "monastery" or "dorm" and "Budur" which means "above".

Poerbotjoroko opinion is corroborated by prof. Dr. W.F. Stutterheim who argue that Bodorbudur means "monastery on a hill". Meanwhile, another version put forward by Prof. J.G. de Casparis based on inscriptions Middle Reef, said that Borobudur comes from the word "bhumisambharabudhara" which means "place of worship of ancestral spirits."

Middle Reef was still based on inscriptions and added to the inscription Kahuluan, JG de Casparis in his dissertation in 1950 said that the history of Borobudur Temple was founded by King Samaratungga estimated from Sayilendra dynasty circa Sangkala sense Sagara Caka kstidhara or 746 years (824 AD) and can only be resolved by a daughter named Dyah Ayu Pramodhawardhani in about the year 847 AD. Making this temple according to the inscription Klurak (784 AD) assisted by a teacher from Ghandadwipa (Bengalore) named Kumaragacya and a prince of Kashmir called Visvawarma.