April
13
/ 2014
The Sailendra (or officially Sailendravamça) is the name of an influential Indonesian dynasty that emerged in 8th century Java. The Sailendras were active promoters of Mahayana Buddhism and covered the Kedu Plain of Central Java with Buddhist monuments, including the world famous Borobudur. Now archaeologists have announced the discovery of building foundations and artifacts which they believe belong to the ancient Sailendra (“Lord of the Mountain”) civilization. A joint team comprising archaeologists and experts from the National Archeological Center in Jakarta, Yogyakarta’s Gadjah Mada University’s (UGM) Archeological Center, Bandung Institute of Technology’s (ITB) Geomorphology Department and the French Cultural Center in Jakarta, has been conducting an excavation in Ngreco hamlet for the past week to trace the remnants of the
