Not knowing Java yet, they will forgive later, when they have visited the matchless old shrines, images of her past and symbolic of her hopes for blessings hidden in the womb of time, when they have tried to read the riddle of her children’s destiny in the Boro Budoor
... seated in an island strong,
Abounding all with delices most rare.
J. F. S.
Edinburgh.
CONTENTS
| CHAPTER I | PAGE |
| The Country, the People and their Work | [1] |
| CHAPTER II | |
| West Java | [23] |
| CHAPTER III | |
| The Diëng | [40] |
| CHAPTER IV | |
| Prambanan | [69] |
| CHAPTER V | |
| More of Central Java | [99] |
| CHAPTER VI | |
| East Java | [140] |
| CHAPTER VII | |
| Buddhist Java | [177] |
| CHAPTER VIII | |
| The Approach to the Boro Budoor | [207] |
| CHAPTER IX | |
| The Stones of the Boro Budoor | [233] |
| CHAPTER X | |
| The Soul of the Boro Budoor | [266] |
| BIBLIOGRAPHY | [285] |
| GLOSSARY | [289] |
| INDEX | [295] |
ILLUSTRATIONS
| FACE PAGE | |
| 1. The Boro Budoor (Cephas Sr.) | [Frontispiece] |
| 2. Chandi Pringapoos (Archaeological Service through Charls and van Es) | [43] |
| 3. Chandi Arjuno on the Diëng Plateau (Archaeological Service through Charls and van Es) | [57] |
| 4. Chandi Bimo or Wergodoro on the Diëng Plateau (Archaeological Service through Charls and van Es) | [60] |
| 5. East Front of the Siva (Loro Jonggrang) Temple of the Prambanan Group in 1895 (Cephas Sr.) | [70] |
| 6. Siva (Loro Jonggrang) Temple of the Prambanan Group in 1901 (Cephas Sr.) | [78] |
| 7. Prambanan Reliefs (C. Nieuwenhuis) | [81] |
| 8. Prambanan Reliefs (Cephas Sr.) | [84] |
| 9. Prambanan Reliefs (Centrum) | [87] |
| 10. Prambanan Reliefs (Centrum) | [90] |
| 11. Prambanan Reliefs (Centrum) | [93] |
| 12. Prambanan Reliefs (Centrum) | [96] |
| 13. Water-Castle at Jogjakarta (Centrum) | [131] |
| 14. Water-Castle at Jogjakarta (Centrum) | [135] |
| 15. Chandi Papoh (Archaeological Service through Charls and van Es) | [151] |
| 16. Chandi Singosari (Archaeological Service through Charls and van Es) | [157] |
| 17. Chandi Toompang (Archaeological Service through Charls and van Es) | [159] |
| 18. Chandi Panataran (Archaeological Service through Charls and van Es) | [164] |
| 19. Chandi Kalasan (C. Nieuwenhuis) | [181] |
| 20. Chandi Sari (C. Nieuwenhuis) | [185] |
| 21. Raksasa of the Chandi Sewu (Centrum) | [191] |
| 22. Detail of the Chandi Sewu (Archaeological Service through Charls and van Es) | [199] |
| 23. Chandi Mendoot before its Restoration (Cephas Sr.) | [211] |
| 24. Chandi Mendoot after its Restoration (Archaeological Service) | [215] |
| 25. Interior of the Chandi Mendoot (Cephas Sr.) | [223] |
| 26. The Chandi Pawon and the Randu Alas (C. Nieuwenhuis) | [229] |
| 27. The Chandi Pawon divorced and restored (Centrum) | [230] |
| 28. Base of the Boro Budoor showing the (filled up) lowest Gallery (C. Nieuwenhuis) | [242] |
| 29. Detail of the Boro Budoor (C. Nieuwenhuis) | [244] |
| 30. Detail of the Boro Budoor (C. Nieuwenhuis) | [247] |
| 31. Detail of the Boro Budoor (Centrum) | [249] |
| 32. Detail of the Boro Budoor (C. Nieuwenhuis) | [252] |
| 33. Detail of the Boro Budoor (C. Nieuwenhuis) | [254] |
| 34. A Dhyani Buddha of the Boro Budoor (Cephas Sr.) | [256] |
| 35. Reliefs of the Boro Budoor (C. Nieuwenhuis) | [259] |
| 36. Ascending the Boro Budoor (Cephas Sr.) | [261] |
| 37. Reaching the Circular Terraces of the Boro Budoor (Cephas Sr.) | [264] |
| 38. Ascending to the Dagob of the Boro Budoor (Cephas Sr.) | [270] |
| 39. The Dagob of the Boro Budoor before its Restoration (C. Nieuwenhuis) | [276] |
| 40. The Dagob of the Boro Budoor after its Restoration (Archaeological Service) | [280] |