Borobudur, also transcribed Barabudur, is a ninth century Mahayana Buddhist temple in Magelang Regency, near the town of Muntilan, northwest of Yogyakarta, in Central Java, Indonesia.
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Building TypeBuddhist Stepped-Pyramid Temple 1 LocationMagelang Regency, Central Java, Indonesia 1 Height (m)Height of the monument's main stupa above ground level; the original square foundation measures about 118 metres per side. Completed-year deliberately left unfilled: the source dates construction only to "the 8th century" in its History section, against a "9th-century" descriptor in its own lead sentence; this is a real dating ambiguity in the source, not resolved here into a single year. Classification
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The 8th to 9th century Sailendra-dynasty Buddhist monument in central Java, its stepped stone mandala the summit of the ancient Javanese candi (temple) building tradition.
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Borobudur, also transcribed Barabudur (Indonesian: Candi Borobudur, Javanese: ꦕꦤ꧀ꦝꦶꦧꦫꦧꦸꦝꦸꦂ, romanized: Candhi Barabudhur), is a 9th-century Mahayana Buddhist temple in Magelang Regency, near the town of Muntilan, northwest of the city of Yogyakarta, in Central Java, Indonesia.
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is a 9th-century Mahayana Buddhist temple in Magelang Regency, near the town of Muntilan, northwest of the city of Yogyakarta, in Central Java, Indonesia.
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is a 9th-century Mahayana Buddhist temple in Magelang Regency, near the town of Muntilan, northwest of the city of Yogyakarta, in Central Java, Indonesia.
Structure section
There is one main dome at the center, the top of which is the highest point of the monument, 35 metres (115 ft) above ground level.
Lead section
Borobudur, also transcribed Barabudur (Indonesian: Candi Borobudur, Javanese: ꦕꦤ꧀ꦝꦶꦧꦫꦧꦸꦝꦸꦂ, romanized: Candhi Barabudhur), is a 9th-century Mahayana Buddhist temple in Magelang Regency, near the town of Muntilan, northwest of the city of Yogyakarta, in Central Java, Indonesia.
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Constructed of gray andesite-like stone, the temple consists of nine stacked platforms, six square and three circular, topped by a central dome.
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