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Are we've all thought about how the process of making the world's most magnificent temple named Borobudur? The temple is obviously built on dynasty dynasty that in fact there was not yet advanced technology as it is now. How do they make?

How many workers needed to build these masterpieces? Borobudur is still a lot of mystery since it was rediscovered by Raffles in 1814 until now.

Approximately three hundred years ago, where this temple is still in the woods by a nearby resident called Redi Borobudur. For the first time, the name Borobudur is known from the work of MPUPrapancaNegarakertagama manuscript in 1365 AD, mentioned about the monastery in Budur. Then BabadTanahJawi script on (1709-1710) there is news of Mas Fund, a rebel against King Pakubuwono I, who was caught in the Redi Borobudur and sentenced to death. Then in 1758, sparked the news of a prince of Yogyakarta, the Prince Monconagoro, who would like to see a statue of a knight trapped in a cage. Then in 1814, Thomas Stamford Raffles got the news of his subordinates on a hill covered with carved stones. Based on the news that Raffles sent Cornelius, an admirer of art and history, to clean up that hill. After cleaning for two months with the help of 200 residents, the building of the temple are clear and the restoration was continued in 1825.

 

 

Unlike the giant pyramids in Egypt and the Pyramids of Teotihuacan in Mexico Candi Borobudur is another version of the pyramid. Borobudur pyramid form kepunden staircase will not be found in the region and any country, including in India. And that's one of the advantages of Borobudur temple which is a typical Buddhist architecture in Indonesia.

Seeing the splendor of the current building Borobudur and other temples in Indonesia has great knowledge about the civilization of Indonesia. A variety of science involved in the reconstruction effort undertaken by the Borobudur Temple Teodhorus van Erp. We should appreciate his efforts given the various constraints and difficulties faced in rebuilding the temple.

to date there are some things that are still a matter of mystery surrounding the founding of the Borobudur Temple, for example in terms of rock composition, how to transport the stone from the area of ​​origin to their destination, whether the stones were already in the desired size or shape of the original still rocks the mountain , how long the process of cutting the stones to the size you want, how to raise the stones from the bottom of the page to the top of the temple, the crane is used? Given the time there were no blue drawing (blue print), then by means of what are they going to negotiate the steps work to be done, in terms of relief images, whether the stones were installed after the last image, or a smooth rock in a state The new sculpted to draw. And starting from where the image was carved, from top to bottom or from bottom to top? And many more mysteries yet to be revealed by science, especially about finding space on the main stupa of the temple.

 

source : yahoo.com