Messages of the past Period from Every Part of the Temple
Messages of the past Period from Every Part of the Temple In the archipelago there are hundreds of large and small temples dating from the 5th to 15th century AD. Most of the temples are located on the island of Java. The rest are in Bali, Sumatra and Kalimantan. The existence of the temple began to receive attention during the colonial period. When he became the ruler of the Dutch East Indies, Raffles made many efforts to handle the temple, in the form of research, rescue and restoration. The formation of the Oudheidkundige Dienst (Department of Antiquities) in 1913, showed that the Dutch East Indies government paid great attention to the temple. The first restoration of Prambanan and Borobudur temples is proof of this seriousness. In the post-independence era, the Indonesian government continued restoration activities. The discipline that is most concerned with temples is of course archeology. Because of that then archeology developed conservation knowledge. Conservation means carin