[1] See, _e.g._, the edict, issued more than thirteen centuries ago by the Emperor Majorian, as quoted by Gibbon: Antiquarum aedium dissipatur speciosa constructio; et ut aliquid reparetur, magna diruuntur. Hinc iam occasio nascitur, etc. CONTENTS PAGE CHAPTER I THE COUNTRY, THE PEOPLE AND THEIR WORK 1 CHAPTER II WEST JAVA 23 CHAPTER III THE DIËNG 40 CHAPTER IV PRAMBANAN 69 CHAPTER V MORE OF CENTRAL JAVA 99 CHAPTER VI EAST JAVA 140 CHAPTER VII BUDDHIST JAVA 177 CHAPTER VIII THE APPROACH TO THE BORO BUDOOR 207 CHAPTER IX THE STONES OF THE BORO BUDOOR 233 CHAPTER X THE SOUL OF THE BORO BUDOOR 266 BIBLIOGRAPHY 285 GLOSSARY 289 INDEX 295 ILLUSTRATIONS FACE PAGE 1. The Boro Budoor (Cephas Sr.) _Frontispiece_ 2. _Chandi_ Pringapoos (Archaeological Service through Charls and van Es) 43 3. _Chandi_ Arjuno on the Diëng Plateau (Archaeological Service through Charls and van Es) 57 4. _Chandi_ Bimo or Wergodoro on the Diëng Plateau (Archaeological Service through Charls and van Es) 60 5. East Front of the Siva (Loro Jonggrang) Temple of the Prambanan Group in 1895 (Cephas Sr.) 70 6. Siva (Loro Jonggrang) Temple of the Prambanan Group in 1901 (Cephas Sr.) 78 7. Prambanan Reliefs (C. Nieuwenhuis) 81 8. Prambanan Reliefs (Cephas Sr.) 84 9. Prambanan Reliefs (Centrum) 87 10. Prambanan Reliefs (Centrum) 90 11. Prambanan Reliefs (Centrum) 93 12. Prambanan Reliefs (Centrum) 96 13. Water-Castle at Jogjakarta (Centrum) 131 14. Water-Castle at Jogjakarta (Centrum) 135 15. _Chandi_ Papoh (Archaeological Service through Charls and van Es) 151 16. _Chandi_ Singosari (Archaeological Service through Charls and van Es) 157 17. _Chandi_ Toompang (Archaeological Service through Charls and van Es) 159 18.