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Construction of Borobudur

Type Event Region Southeast Asia Time 750–825

In the mid-to-late 8th century, the Sailendra dynasty of central Java built the Borobudur Mahayana Buddhist temple near present-day Magelang.

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  1. 750–780Borobudur construction site · JavaThe Sailendra rulers ordered construction on hilly terrain at the southern foot of Mount Merapi, mobilizing large numbers of stoneworkers and craftsmen to build the nine-tiered mandala-style stupa base and galleries from volcanic andesite stone.
  2. 780–825Borobudur · JavaCraftsmen completed more than two thousand reliefs and over five hundred Buddha statues; the entire stupa was designed according to Buddhist cosmology, for monks and devotees to circumambulate and worship. Upon completion it became the pinnacle of Javanese Buddhist art.

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