Kewu Plain
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Kewu Plain, also known as Prambanan Plain or Opak River Valley, is a fertile volcanic plain that lies between the Merapi-Merbabu complex in the north, the Bantul lowlands and Sewu karst limestone range in the south, Bengawan Solo river valley in the east, the Progo River in the west, and Kedu Plain on the northwest. It is located within the Yogyakarta Special Region, Sleman Regency, Klaten Regency, and Solo City, Indonesia.
Sojiwan temple is on the bottom left and Prambanan temple is on the top right, in the center of Prambanan Plain viewed from Ratu Boko Hill.
Javanese women planting rice in a ricefield near Prambanan, Yogyakarta
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Mataram Kingdom
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The Mataram Kingdom ; also known as Medang Kingdom was a Javanese Hindu–Buddhist kingdom that flourished between the 8th and 11th centuries. It was based in Central Java, and later in East Java. Established by King Sanjaya, the kingdom was ruled by the Shailendra dynasty and Ishana dynasty.
A lithograph of Tjandi Sewoe ruins near Prambanan, circa 1859
Borobudur, the largest single Buddhist structure in the world, one of the monuments constructed by the Shailendra dynasty of the Mataram Kingdom
Hindu Parikrama ceremony at Prambanan temple, originally consisted of hundreds of temples, built and expanded in the period between the reign of Saladu and Balitung.
The Plaosan temple with Mount Merapi in the background