364 THE HUINS OF PRAMBAHAM- 



naturally bs the fir ft objects of de(^ructfon wiih the s^alotSj aFe- 

 quiie entire, and all of them, will be difcovered to be in a ftatc o§ 

 p?ef€rvation proportionate to that of the temples, in which they^ 

 ftand: when thefe have fallen in, the images will be found either- 

 crcChed, mutiiated or shghtl)r injored in proportion to the weight of: 

 4he ineumbeiit materials^ 



In the fecosd plaee, it is to be remarked, that judging- from te re^^- 

 ped:, in which thefe temples are flill held, we may infer the venera- 

 tion with which they muft have been confidered at the period of the 

 converfLon, and that immediately fubfequent to it, and hence cori» 

 dude the improbability of acy violence being offered to them r the 

 converiion of ibi® Javanefe indeed was rather the elfe6l of a fort pf 

 fafhiofi, and of example, than conviction: after the difcipline of near 

 three centuries and a half they are Hill but lukewarm mahomedans^ 

 prudeniiai motives would therefore have acluated even the moft fana- 

 tic of the earlier leaders of Mahomedani/mi to refpe6l the objects 

 which were venerated by the people.. From the facts handed down 

 to us refpeeting the hiflory of this converiion, we are indeed made 

 acquainted with the extraordinary attentioni. paid., by the early^ lea* 

 dcrsj to the prejudices ©f their followers^ for in many refpects they 

 father blended IJlamifm wilh the ancient fuperflitions of the country, 

 than ellabliihed a thorough revolution in religioDj a facton which 

 probably hinges the chief fecret of their fucGcfa*- 



- I AM' inclined to conlidcr the religion of the founders of Pramhanm^ 

 as a genuine example, of the reformed worfhip, of Bubdha, I vcntume 

 to- coDJecturej that the religion of Buddha as practifcd ©n Java, was 

 not the worih'p of any deiied perfon of this namej but a reformation 

 <of the bloody rites ©f &iva rnd Durga brought about by certain fages 

 ©r philofophers^ who are reprefeoted by the images of Budbhao 



