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Excavated places tagged “sailendra” matching “Central Java”

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🇮🇩 Indonesia · Temple complex

Borobudur

Medang Kingdom Sailendra 780–835 CE · Mahayana Buddhist under Sailendra dynasty central Java

World's largest Buddhist Mandala mountain with 72 latticed stupas.

✓VerifiedUNESCO

🇮🇩 Indonesia · Temple complex

Borobudur Temple Compounds

Mataram Sailendra c.780–830 CE · Central Javanese Buddhist (Sailendra/Mataram)

Mahayana Buddhist mandala-mountain (c.775–825 CE) of Sailendra/early Mataram, 34.5 m high terraced pyramid with 2,672 relief panels (longest Buddhist narrative reliefs 2.5 km) and 504 Buddha statues.

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🇮🇩 Indonesia · Pyramid

Borobudur Pyramid Temple

Sailendra / Mataram Kingdom Late Classical 780–840 CE · Javanese Sailendra (Mahayana Buddhist)

9th-century Mahayana Buddhist stepped pyramid-mandala: 122 × 122 m base, 35.4 m high (originally 42 m with umbrella), 9 platforms (6 square 3 circular) crowned by central stupa 72 perforated stupas…