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temple of Ankhor-Yat, lias lost a large number of precious carvings, carried off 

 by native princes and officials to embellish their palaces and gardens. But enough 

 still remain to give an idea of the prodigious architectural work executed in the 

 eighth or ninth century by Javanese artists, under the guidance of their Hindu 

 instructors. The discovery has recently been made that the base of the building 

 is surrounded by a revetment, or stone facing, which masks inner walls richly 

 carved and covered with inscriptions. Here archgeologists hope to find valuable 

 data ori the history of the edifice and of the country. 



Lying on the southern slope of the island, both Magelang and the equally 



' Fig. 78. — Merapi and Jokjokaeta. 

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picturesque Puncorejo, capital of the province of Bagalen, have their natural outlet 

 in the port of Tjilatjap. Here the fertile and thickly-peopled coastlands are 

 traversed by a railway running parallel with the seaboard. North of this line 

 lies Bcu{jumas, capital of the province of like name. 



But the central station of the insular railway system is the city of Solo, or 

 Surakarfa, the ancient Kartasura, capital of one of the few remaining native 

 " regencies." In population Surakarta holds the second rank, and would even 

 be the first were Batavia and Meester Cornelis regarded as forming two really 

 distinct cities. Its numerous quarters, lining the banks of the Pepe, a western 



