IN THE ISLAND OF BALL 15X 



vellous efort which one of them is defcribed as making, probably aU 

 ludes to the power and labour which the accompHfliment of fo great 

 an undertaking: required. Read inverfely, it gives the year 1218. 

 Sikh A ilan liirti-nin i^umi. 

 004 1 



isahne which commemorates the deftrudion of Majapahiti thelaH^ 

 Hindu ilate of Java.^ 



The verfe liberally means" Loft, loft is the work of the land,***" 

 Read inverfely it gives the Javenefe year 1400. The tenor of the 

 Terfe indicates a feeling, of regret for the lofs of the city. 



To what extent the Bdinefe have imitated the fculpture and archi«- 

 te dure of the Hindus of v/e(tern India. I have, as already obferved^-. 

 had no opportunity of afcertaining.* But many ofthe £'?z^///;^ who^ 

 have vifi ted Jl/y/?, have had ample opportunify of appreciating the 

 fkill and extent with vAii'ShthQ Hindus o^ that ifland had imitated 

 thefe Indian arts, A view of the relics on Java, it may be faid, has 

 excited, though to an inferior degree^ the fame fentiments of furprize 

 m2in European which have always been felt at the contemplation of 

 the great monuments oi Hinduijm'm Hindujlan, They difplay a por- 

 tion of the fame laborious and indefatigable perfeverance which 

 charafleriees thofe flupendous relics of //w^ii.. art, which have beeri 

 fo often defcribed. (See Note c.) 



In the political in ftitutions of the Hindus of the oriental iflands 

 may be traced many of tho-fe which peculiarly -charaderize the fyftem 

 of Hindu Government. Wherecver the Hindu religion has made con- 

 fide rable prog r^fs in-hefeTfTands, the hereditary government of a fingle 

 individual will be invari.ibiy found eftabliflied ; where it has not, x^e 

 fee free, but fivage communities ; and ftill more frequently ele^^hve 



*'M.v tef[ief^ 'hli': ^rd Rnrabl- In (>i< lour! .\1 \f aENZiG lijij o'jven a (k ic'' nf Brrtmh^nuua'in *he Jiataw'att 

 Btf(archcs. The Hor.l id ilic Jatanfe iai gnaijc iiHfoiib " ihc ^>lacc ut Brakmaus," 



