Borobudur History

BOROBUDUR NAME AND FINDINGS

THE NAME OF BOROBUDUR

About the naming, there some opinions :
Raffles : The ancient Budur (Boro = ancient, Budur = place names) ; The majestic Buddha (Boro = majestic, Budur = Buddha) ; Buddha that many (Boro = many, Budur = Buddha)
Moens : The city of Buddha followers
Casparis : Derived from the word kamulan ibhumisambharabudara, based on the quote from the inscription of Sri Kahulunan 842 F, which means holy building symbolizing good collection from the tenth Bodhisattva.
Poerbatjaraka : Temple in Budur (Budur = name of the place / village)
Soekmono and Stutertheim : Bara and budur means monastery on the hill, according Soekmono Borobudur temple as a place of pilgrimage to venerate the flow of Mahayana Buddhism and ancestor worship.

HISTORICAL FINDINGS

Borobudur Temple emerged 1814 years back when Sir Thomas Stanford Raffles, Governor General of the UK to become the guardian of the Indonesian activities in Semarang, at that time Raffles obtain information that in Kedu region have been found stacks of stone image, and then he sent a Cornelius Netherlands to clean up. This was followed by the work of Resident Kedu called Hartman in the year 1835. Besides cleaning activities, he also organized the research, especially on top of Borobudur stupa, but do regarding the report of this research is never published. Documentation of the form of images of buildings and temple reliefs by Wilsen during the 4 years since the year 1849, while the document images created in 1873 by Van Kinsbergen. According to legend Borobudur temple was founded by the architect Gunadharma, but historically have not known exactly. Casparis opinion based on the interpretation of the inscription berangka years 824 M and the inscription of Sri Kahulunan 842 M, founder of the Borobudur Temple is Smaratungga year reign of 782-812 F during the dynasty Syailendra. Borobudur was built to glorify Mahayana Buddhism.

Dumarcay opinion of the Borobudur temple was established in 5 stages of development, namely:

- Phase I + 780 BC
- Phase II and III + 792 BC
- Phase IV + 824 BC
- Phase V + 833 BC