$m THE RULHS ©F'-fRAMBANAN 



MAHA'ufvA I have fe en on one occafion (*.) filling on a pile of'hii- 

 imaf? fcuUs and decked with a neck-lace of the fame materials. At Pram- 

 hanan, he appears p^€?e, as already mentioned executing vengeance 

 on a tyrant, b.uX:i-l>j?. ii^rjthe- in ofl frequentJarm, .of jthis deity on 

 Java, h that of a f^.ene:Fable'aruJ. harmlefs devo-tes. '■ - -' 



We may be con^accci frpcs ^ variety, of fa6ls, that the buildings 6i 

 Prambanan^ and all limilar (lru6lures, arc.nat the work of the natives 

 of the country, bot of foreigners and were we to draw any conclufion 

 in favour of th,e g?rjeral,ci-vjlizatioR of .the. people, from t^e. perfection 

 attained in the fe, we ftiould arg^e erroneoijily. Hinduifm, or at lea^ 

 tiie doctrines of BaDOHA, flourifhed oji Jav^ for a period of about 

 ^qo years, when the emigrations from India ceaHng; of becoming 

 kfs frequent, the ^ar/izrz^^, were left iotjbemfel yes, and theroonu^ 

 ment?, ereded from thi^ time^ until the utter overthrovtr.of Hinduifm, 

 ^ period, of r|ipTjeth^n.a.jCen.tury, evince the rude fiate of the arts 

 among them, and fufficiently ^teft, that .P?c<i??;2^^;?ifl:v^ .and. alf monu- 

 ments of a fimilar nature, were not the work of the natives. The 

 beft.exampl^s^ of t^s degeri.et:3icy, ,a^^ ia ih^ Hindu relics,, dircovered 

 %, the mountain of LflWiZ.Xhefe are evidently dedicated to the 

 f^me worfhip as the others^ bur they are remarkably rudes and on 

 ^^^.^^Q^'^^ft infpeflion, are difcoyered to be the work of a very dif- 

 fer,ept rape of people^, from the older temples. Oo the buildings at 

 5z*^wA, to the northern fide of the mountain, there are the dates 1361, 

 apd 1^62, only 38^ or ^p years, before the enabhfhment of Maho^ 

 raedmijyri, and a century pofterior to the building of Bow Bssdon ^^^gl 

 laft of the genuine Hindu temples. If farther proofs were required, 



e,j,(%) Oba of ;8i.x st»tu«s covf-at Suntarimgy and bj far the finest oq JaM. They were brcughv 

 Ifoia^ Ta,nam'fir,um (g^rdflpic^f i{ivFriinitis)iii» . (be cJisr.icC of Ma'ang towar.ig tlie *as'eru frnd of th* 

 island. This is said to have be'^n tlie p«ucip»l place of worship of a lace of ki.'g4, wfK.se rf«iden«E 

 ^ss ,»t S:m^iari '\»,^\^t %^mp :^\%%ni.t, Tha six statues ,^re, lite figure of Siva, atreedy ^na-r. 

 tioiied, a figure of DuuGA pu lishing Mahesasuha, a staiue of Ganesa, one of ViKjs..m a,n(t Iir^ 

 ^g'gauUcEaalg statues, ons.or .theci nuh.R tndt:iiS wf^icli I tik? to ba »I.S;> fijme.s of M4'4ADfcV4. 



