The excavation of the monument, known as Borobudur, has been ordered by Sir Thomas Stamford Raffles, the new British Governor of Java. Unlike the Dutch traders before him, Raffles is intrigued by ...

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I'm at Borobudur, one of the greatest Buddhist monuments in the world, and the huge, square, terraced pyramid in front of me, is nothing less than the Buddhist view of the cosmos, in stone.

Mount Merapi, meaning "red fire" is an active volcano. The temple complex was rediscovered by the British in 1814. It is known as Borobudur among the local people. The base is a 1200 square meter ...

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Designed by the late great architect Ed Tuttle, Amanjiwo is minutes from-and within eyeshot of-the world's largest Buddhist temple, the UNESCO-listed Borobudur, which is right up there with Angkor Wat ...

Other heritage sites on Times Travel list are Taj Mahal, Hampi, Great Wall of China, Myanmar's Bagan, Indonesia's Borobudur, ...

I'm at Borobudur, one of the greatest Buddhist monuments in the world, and the huge, square, terraced pyramid in front of me, is nothing less than the Buddhist view of the cosmos, in stone.