34a THE nmm of framsanam 



m which was &n infcription in ihe ancient Javavefs writing, which is a- 

 round chara61er differing entirely i a. appearance from the Deva Kagari, 

 :liough both alphabets be formed on ihefame- principles. This block 

 of ftone from the manner in which it was falhioned, had evidently con"» 

 llitufed a part of the materials. of- the temples. I may here remark as^ 

 a fad^ Dot foreign to thehiftory of the temples, that Prambanan is the 

 only place on Jl;©^: where any infcription.in the Bevfi A'ij^flriis foundj, . 

 whereas iofcriptions in tbe ancient Javanefe charaBer are frequently^-- 

 met with- ia many parts of the i (land. The dilco very of both in the 

 fame fituation is alfo a fad worth attending to, asid may be adduced in. 

 proof of the hypothe {is, to be afterwards Eientioned in difcufSng the 

 hifloEy. of the temples,. 



In, a- wefterly diredion- from the village o^ C&hon Dalam, and ju'lii 

 behind that of. Prambanan we difcover very extenfive ruins, but no-v 

 temples {landings thefe ruins extend tothe weft .aj. far as the banks of=-^ 

 £the Uk/iis,^ (^) a clear and rapid ilream which runs. in a. fouth-weil^ 

 cQurfe, till it empties itfelf into the fea nearly oppofite ta Gugyacarta-i: 

 To the fouth the ruins extend nearly to the bottom of the range of 

 hills. This ground is alkdged by the natives to have been the^ fits, of;- 

 a town or.ciiy and.certaioly has that appearance. Here the wa,lls of. 

 a great fquarc enGlofinre are ftili to be traced, particularly- to the north' 

 and weft fides. By meafuriog thefe, they are difcovered to have been.s 

 goo feet to a fide. The appearance of the fquare, is that of a modern 

 Craton, arid tradition xelatcs, that it contained the King's palace^ .but of 

 this there is no veftige ; towards the eaftern £de of the enclofurejijre- 

 however tobe found.a number of images, of a very, interediog andv 

 determinate chara61er. The ruins of; the. temples in. which, thefe were- 

 contained, form as at Cdbon Dalam^ the materials of the rude dykes-. 



!l5ie tisHJpksaod other baHslinga, 



