THE RUINS OF PRAMBANAN 



coa.(l Gun^iUhcliui- or the fouthern mountains. The moft nortlierly of 

 '=j are Bt>t above two miles diftant from the latter, and though 

 matif mte ifoni . le peak of Mdrapi^ nearly on the bafe of that. ex^. 

 fce?y^l:v^- Moritaio. From the more eaflerly of the ruins to^ the' more ■ 

 welleriy, the diftance is three miles and a half, and from the. ruins on 

 the more fouthern range of hills tothofe farthed north not lefs than 

 three miles, fo that the whole of the remains may bee (li mated tooccu- 

 py an area of ren or eleven fquare miles. . Before offering any account 

 of the temples I may fhortly premife, that the whole of thefe buildings, 

 appear to me to have been dedicated to the religion of Buddha, blend- 

 ed with the worfhip of Siva, of the Linga and Yoni. This will render 

 inteUigible fome remarks on the temples which it. will be convenient, 

 to interfperfe with the defcription of them. . 



A FEW of the ruins confift of fingle temples, but.thfe greater number 

 of groups of a fquare figure compofed of one or more rows of 

 fraaller temples furrounding one or more great temples. The iirfl: 

 of thefe groups that ftrikes the eye of a traveller is. one lying with- 

 in a few yards of the high way, and immediately to the north of 

 the village of Prambanan,. Here a confufed mafs of blocks of hewn 

 ilone^ rubbidi, rank vegetation, and rude mounds preients itself. 

 Tracing the remains of the wallg which furrounds this group, I found 

 that the area occupied by it was a fquare of about 600 Englijh feet to 

 a fide* Running parallel with the remains of the w-^all are thofe of two 

 raws of fmall temples at a few paces diftant from each other. Mofi 

 of thefe temples are nearly levelled with the ground, and none of them 

 are perfed. They may be eOimated to have beeOj when complete 

 about 20 feet high: each leems to have contained a fmgle image, the 

 pedellals of which are flill remaining in feverat. This image I conjee- 

 tore to have been SudohA, from difcovering it in parallel fj:aatiOBs-ip. 



