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In ■ BanyM'oeàngi, tfer most eastern- pîbvkice'ofi’fheiîsland; besides figures
ofi Hindu, deities; several others afoeVfo.hbe found-fof extraordinary and
I j l i l M whiffip appear 'to. represent' tte^lobâkïfeities of the
island R B B S B B B Q B i l wMch' àreogti11 worshipped! oh iBâh. I
B l e t h e r ^ :a r e » to he.' coBsidere*akthe''deities.; ofsfehe. Javans orBéliai»
is;douitfuh‘ Slfte^.Balians^g had possession fof this-ipr.ovinçe ; and it m \
reim&kable,. that no^sàclr figures aare't@\ be found.in-the provinces further
westward.}, • ! - , P ‘ ' ‘ *7 .
The t r a d i tio n s o f the coubt^concernihg- the former seats of government
e p a b le -usato.- trace- a t this- dàyathe-*sifo dfi-ilUdmgi-KmnMm, >Jm^gâMp
Gegélang or "Singe» "SSk 'DetM op Kediri, Bajajûran^ and MqjapâHit, exist-
in gW remains pf imthfens^ tanks,.'heaps* of building*material^’and>:khetf
nhe^divèehlureVtïgesyofiifoi-Baer.'éities. > 1 • - 1 ’’
MÀ(mg‘[KamÛlan* was*‘situated in- die distelet iof 'Wireisdü&i where in
theuoente' of afo e-xtenkW «forest is- poihted^out the site of the Sttittg£lt
distinguisWd'Mby %eaps* of ktones,,anck()àti:Gks ;/ and; •'at* pob great' distancé
fEohraimreiitHew^lis-’ind g^avati«nfofi an» extensive tank, several* hundred
feetfei" lbng-ttivamÿ 'breàdtW These'ruink; of which littk*m’or6 èan* be' said
than- that,they aie>dfëâ% -discernible,tare- situated,between Bermâdédbg-and
the most éastefn>^f,,t|te‘Vofoanic well's alluded to in'-W’-fasr-foed p’art* o f thid
work'. The'natives* have asuperstitionj that the-site* of1 this-feoient éapital
cannot be' visî^d without-sehiëjmisfortune attaching'^tKëjpârty who under-
J æ lh e visit. Those whom I had, with some difficulty,;, induced to, accompany
me to the' spot, ,did not fail to assure mejàat I should lose my government
'within thejoiifr As the’event 'justified^^|poediction, ;it is probable
thatiSh^;^pprstitioplias rather' gained g ’roûfdjhan otherwise. Many Javans
maintain, that Brambâmn was';the'Jdriginal of Médang Kà.mülaniÆ,^ is at least
highly probable that it* wâsonce the Seat of empire.
The site (^fanfgdhtis still pointed oitfgji the district of that name.»;
the division o?KSurabaya, .and.'the country around^.skewed with antiquit
ie s The same may be said of Sfcig’a Sun, axil Kediri. At Pajdjaran, a
heap of stones ■ ps. pointed out a s tb^.ruin of the Sefmgel, and numerous lines,
crossing the country between rivers, attestée care with which this position
was entrenched. They may he seen.^lq^by the road* side, at a few hundred
yards from’ the governdr-general’s country residency,, and'-in many places,
they have been cufothrough to make a'passage for the high road.
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Images at Ban-
ynwangi, ‘
Ancient capt-
tais.
* See chapter on History.