Sanjaya dynasty
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The Sanjaya dynasty was a Javanese dynasty which ruled the Mataram kingdom in Java during the first millennium CE. The dynasty promoted Hinduism on the island.
The Prambanan temple complex, a legacy of the Sañjaya dynasty
Nicolaes Visscher Indiae Orientalis
Prambanan
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Prambanan is a 9th-century Hindu temple compound in the Special Region of Yogyakarta, in southern Java, Indonesia, dedicated to the Trimūrti, the expression of God as the Creator, the Preserver, and t
Sanjaya dynasty
…adaptations of classic Hindu literature into Old Javanese were produced, such as the Kakawin Ramayana. Around the 850s, Pikatan began construction of the Prambanan temple in central Java; it was later completed and expanded by King Balitung. The Prambanan temple complex is one of the largest Hindu temple complexes in…
Prambanan Temple Compounds
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The reliefs at Prambanan and the structures of modern houses (of the 1920s) that are similar to it.
The statue of Shiva Mahadeva inside the garbagriha of the main temple.