A TRA\ELER'S NOTES ON JAVA 



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I'lioto and Copyright by C. II. Graves 

 GANESHA, THE ELEPHANT-HEADED GOD: BRAMBANAM 



not discovered until the period of English 

 occupation, when it was partly laid bare 

 by the removal of earth and ashes that 

 had been heaped up against it during 

 centuries of eruptions from neighboring 

 volcanoes. 



"Of its kind, the temple is probably 



the largest Buddhistic edifice in the 

 world, its prominent position on the sum- 

 mit of a hill, above which it towers to 

 a height of 120 feet, lending additional 

 dignity to this marvelous pyramid. . . . 

 The temple consists of a number of ter- 

 races, built on a square ground plan. 



