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"the three graces" : brambanam 



exist, and he is said to have answered: Brambanam, which are beheved to date 

 "Who can my people steal from if they from the ninth century and form eloquent 

 cannot steal from me?" monuments of the grandeur of the period 



of Hindu dominion in Java. 

 THE RUINS OE BRAMBANAM ^^^ ^^.g^ visitcd what remains of the 



From Solo we made an interesting ex- temples dedicated to Lara Jonggran, 

 cursion to the ruins of the temples at known in India as the Goddess Durga. 



