. ^e?'5teM&-site-ortgronjKkf Ian ofeipfese: temples; forms a- quadrangle: of
five hundred MC^ forty.-ifeeteby fish' hundred and ,ten-, 'exactly.feeing- the
eaudm^npSointB. .The^eataix-eastent .is., sm -the; eastern and- /western,sides, as
there altewawee-has* been maddifot yp.dei^avenues--leading up-, to the grand
central temples,isituafed'icsvifhin; while om th&north and.south sides- the
spaces-hetween thmsmaB-exterior templess are alftaldker These -is no vestige
of;an?.exterioT'boundary iwalhof any kind;. Thetbufaj-quadrangle, .which, is
the limit of thea wholeband whichi<encloses- four .others/1 consists of eighty*
four;small;temples‘jtWentyr'twdl/cm,.^hdk'eEO(\thet second consists of seventy*
'Six; .the; .third of-sihfy-fikirp]^* feu-nth; offertydkui':; and,the.fifth, or
inner; parallelogram, of twentoj«pigbtlp in all i two hundred andi/ninety-six
small temples, - disposed in-five regular! -parallelograms. The -whole- of these
are;upon a?uniform plan,*Ueleven;Meettjknty aj half square on the outride,
with-a smalb)V.estahulei(or jioreh-, six'feefctwo- inches - long, hytfoiil? feet and a
half externally,. Within, is% an. apartment ‘.ekaGtiyi six feet,,square* with -a
doorway five feet.-nine; inches-.high;? ;by-,three fieefc-feur. inches-wide,, directly
opposite to, whieh.stands;-the-seat or throne of! the* statute, which occupied
the temple»-, The*, walls insid'enrise square* to the height*ofi seven,-feet; ten
inches; - and ».quite plain ^tHeneg the,roofiriges. about five?feet,more;in a plain
pyramid, andiahotVe thafea -perpendicular! square-rises--two-feet-more; where
the roof isdosed-.by a-single stone», Theunterior, dimensions,ofii-tfce porch
or vestibule ins front -wereddhfiee tfeet and-a half by two and» a half. The
thickness of- wall -to each temple was- about two jfeejfcp nine inches,. and; of the
vestibule one foot, four j inches!, The..exterior elevatiop\ofpadi* must have
been about eighteen feet,, rising square/-to^thei cornices about eight or nine
feet,.-according to the-irregplarities .onground,- and; the r_est a-.faneifel »super,
staefu-re, of;various-forms,, diminishing., irn- -size tQ'-tfibi summit, i,which »was
crowned* with a very* massive, cirfeular-stone,;- surmounted-xiwlth. another
cylindrical-one rounded- off at -ihe/topi» The; whole ofi each,, superstructure
thus -formed i a, kind of irregular- pyramid;, composed, oftfive,- or six- retiring
steps or-parts, of which the. threeridwesi .-appeared td'-mesof the figure ,ofia
Gross-,i withi'intermediate projeating,angles to the twodo,weiy,and- rethed ones
to. the-upper step,- which varieckin,position also-froHi -the/lowemones; Above
von,,iu,. D that
*. See plates. One of the smaller temples at Brambanan, and one of the smaller temples at
Braml^an.jj$*tored.(&& original .state ; the first of these was t£&en^n. the year 1807 by Mr.
ComfeBs; whg, tfie t^jjles^would'appear^1 Kavp been in a much mm perfect state than at
present.. For their’ present appearance see vignette.