Indonesia - Bali - Prambanan Temple

Prambanan is beautiful and fertile region. In ancient time, it was the place where the capital of a Kingdom – now known as “Kraton Boko” – stood. But it is pity that the ruins of the palace cannot give any hint about the existence of the Kingdom and those who had reigned there. A clearer hint is from Kalasan’s inscription which was written in “Pranagari” characters, dated from AD 778. This was clarified in the inscription of Raja Balitung from the year of AD 907. Raja Balitung’s inscription mentions the pedigree of the kings who reigned in that period. It was the period when the Sanjaya dynasty reigned. Their religion was Hinduism.

Simultaneously, during that very period, the dynasty of Cailendra, whose religion was Buddhism, was also blooming. This Cailendra dynasty had been closely related to the Kingdom of Sriwijaya in Palembang. At that particular time, Buddhism reached its peak and left many grand monuments which still stand to the present time.