DiengorPtóha.
,/ JThe^exterior line of thfe ground plan, though apparently a perfect' square
when viewed at a distance, is not exactly of that forfo.Wtlfe centre' of each
face, to a considerable extent, projects piany feet, and so as takeover as
much grqpnd/as the conical s^ape c f ^ e hill will admit: the .saihe form is
observed1.in each of the terraces.. -
The whofe has the appearance ipf. one - soli^ building, and; is abouf a
hundred feet high, independently io$ the.. centra!!' spire1 of .about' twenty
fietj which-has fallen in. 1 The'interior^consists almost entirely ofethedull
ibfilflf. ■. . . .. r _ , •
Near -the Site of this -.majestic iedifice -was found a' mutilated storiedmage
of Brahma, f and at no great distance, situated".within a few yards;«#the
confluence of the-rivel^ fiS&'and Prdga, are'the remains of several Very
beautifully-executed and interesting' temples;-in formant-rdfesign'corresponding
with-thosein the neighbourhood of Brambdnan. In'mrebes'andlon
the walls of these are designed",!» relief numerous figures witlntnariy atm's;
evidently of: »the Braminieal forder, 'most - of'theme hamper jjbbi&.seveinl attributes'perfect:
It is retnafkable-that-at Boro^Bodo^h^fferifeS' &£ thisfdescription
occur, j
The image of the harpy (Nb; a ,of the annexed -plate) was taken frotilhe
temple at B6ro B6do and brought to England it: i^o^stbne,. in.length
about twenty inches, and exceedingly: weljlexecuted.'/' Th^ather^ubjbcts
in this :plate were mot’-found in this neighbourhood. • NdiSg is stone
box-about a foot square, containing a .'small !g@lMnUingam<it’ was» Recently
dug upr.near Malang by a peasant, who was-leveffirig the' ground-for a cooking
placer. No. 3 and 4 are representations o f ornamented stone .water;*1
spouts; collected in tbe vicinity-W IPakahng’.m. M # i s;an Ornamental
corner-stone, now lying among the rriihsfrof Majapdhit,- theifigure’ cat-Ved
upon which is,nearly as large as life'.."' '
Next to Boro Bbdo in importance, and perhaps still more.interesting, are
the extensive ruins which are foun&dnGtinuttgDieng, the supposed-resid
u e of the gods.and demigods of antiquity This mountain; fr'om its
. _ \ H ' 9 H M H resemblance
Drawings.'of.the present,and former state of this! edifice, arid Mustrative.rtf the sculptural
ornaments by which it is distinguished,' have been made, and have been long in the hands of
the eugraver.
f See Plate.
J Here, according to the tradition, of the Javans, are to be found the ruins of the dwelling
f f vuJ a’ GaW ^ ha> 'MM Derma Kasuma,- Sa -D ^ .a n d other characters who W e d
m the Brdta Yudha, or war of the Pandits. - °
resemblance to the hull óf'a^tóUehili^ also,-called Gtinutig Préfou, It ^
•situated‘northward and: west wardiofi the’mountain'Sindóro, which-forms the
•boundary») bgt® ë£n-‘ ‘ ISsdw ^vi^iBdnydmm^v^!, terminates range of'hills
Viirjh'mg.e'kstyfrdm^tlrn.mbuntaimófoZfegdl'^v.lEherfe are” nq’less than - twenty-
nine/idrfferent .peaks" of this mountaineer' rather-, cluster ’ of‘ mountains, each
"óf 'which-hasi^-ppculiar 'namei,.'andistiemarkaJble -for somptpeculiarproduc-
■ tion'.'dr 'natural, pbmnoméhon,. ;
,• On i a^iabled'ahd.' about isix.'irim3rëdi fé.etr'higher 'than - tKéi'suErouriding
country, whichidsïSbme :thöusand;feètIabove !the level of the seapf are found
ffik j^pmains oft’ararjaris',’temples,' .idols,i: and other sculpture, ‘ too numerous
to bed'êabribëdjin this place, A ojibjqpt i n AtQnesbavirig «three ifaces,*, and
another,with'1 fodrjarms,i?il4ving a ba® .of .globe.,in ©ndi hand*- and a’ thunderbolt
inlandther, ■ wereithbCm oft conspicuous. *
The ascent4 r,cmi^jt^' country below to thettiblefland' on which these’, tem-
plesr stood is by four.flights „of jstój^sjhps, on four, different, sides' bf thé:hill,
'Subsisting', of? not les^tbfah-onejihousand^ stepsmachi- b The .ascent from the
southm^&Mte- is~now< in. many ipartsiisteenhajhlcrgcjsfj jarid in some ,i places
almost dnacceSsM^offif^ e ^ ^ a p S y i lT im uch assiSedWy5' tnl^dilapidated
remains.of the stone steps, .which. appèaHatpnb'b of thn ^e3?efFfgfiafiq«ity.
Time alone, indeed, cannot have,'so .completely. ^demolished a work, of whièb
the materials were so .'durable;and.the’cónstïnctiónï söjsolid.1 ijmbe 'greatest?
part of ;this~ wonderful memorial.ofThiiman.fodustrydies^uriedjUhd^ huge
masses, of • rock■ .ahd lava;:,.and innumerableVproofs,’are' afforded of the
mountain'baying,'» at.'sqme period since th'e;formation of the; steps;' peènün
a.jSlÜLt& of violent eruption. Near the summit- of-nnq. of the hills there is’ a
crater of 'aboütyTalf a mile .diameter.a i-r;
^tAt no great distance from thil crater,'in a north-West, direction; is. situated
a plain or table-land,^ surfounded oq allir sides, hut one'by-a ridge’*of mouna
tains about a thousand fèét a b o v e A t some verjy'rempte period it was
perhaps,itself the crater of a vast volcano.On its'border' are’the remains of
four-temples of stone, grektly dilapidated; but manifestly, by the effect of
some violent shock.Lor.^bongussion.of the- earth. ' The largest of them is
about forty feet square lithe walls.’arè t'en. feet thick, arid the .height about
thirty-fiveifeet. The only apartment', which it contain^.'fe not more 'than
twenty feet square; andrhas only one-entrance.. The; roof is arched to a j
point