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Borobudur

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Bo·ro·bu·dur  (bôr-b-dr, br-)
A ruined Buddhist shrine in central Java, Indonesia. Dating probably from the ninth century, the ruins include intricately carved stone blocks illustrating episodes in the life of Buddha.


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3) Pacific Rim explorer Michael Palin at a Buddhist temple in Borobudur, Java.
Several hundred terra-cotta heads are arranged in eight pyramidal tiers echoing the ninth-century Buddhist monument of Borobudur near Yogyakarta.
Additionally, her theories on the appearance of fable-texts of a differing character on the related monuments of Candi Mendut and Borobudur are most interesting and make one curious as to whether this dichotomy indicates that the monuments were created for a different clientele or segments of society.
 
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