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Record Details
- Holdings
- 35mm slide: 20678
- World Region
- Asia
- Region
- Southeast Asia
- Country
- Indonesia
- Geographic Location
- Java
- Archaeological Site Name
- Borobudur
- Period
- AD 800
- Description
- Borobudur, central Java, Indonesia (complex societies). Borobudur is located in central Java and it was founded about 800 AD by Buddhist kings of the Sailendra dynasty. It should be noted that Buddhism originated around 600 BC in India and later spread to Indonesia and other parts of Southeast Asia through maritime trade. It is the largest Buddhism sanctuary in Indonesia, which is a Muslim country. The architecture represents the Buddhist teaching (
- Image Categories
- Architecture: Religious/ritual
- Source Type Detail
- Photographer (Original): Shoocongdej, Rasmi
Technical Details
- Collection
- UM Museum of Anthropological Archaeology
- Image Size
- 3141 x 4941
- File Size
- 2 MB
- Record
- 16821
- Link to this Item
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https://quod.lib.umich.edu/a/anthro1ic/x-16821/16821
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"Borobudur, central Java, Indonesia (complex societies). Borobudur is located in central Java and it was founded about 800 AD by Buddhist kings of the Sailendra dynasty. It should be noted that Buddhism originated around 600 BC in India and later spread to Indonesia and other parts of Southeast Asia through maritime trade. It is the largest Buddhism sanctuary in Indonesia, which is a Muslim country. The architecture represents the Buddhist teaching (". In the digital collection UM Museum of Anthropological Archaeology. https://quod.lib.umich.edu/a/anthro1ic/x-16821/16821. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. May 21, 2025.