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What Kind of Society Built Borobudur? - Building Borobudur in the Shadow of Mount Merapi | Sleepy Facts About History
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Borobudur in Central Java is not a building you enter, but a path you walk. Rising from the fertile Kedu Plain, this massive stepped stone structure guides pilgrims upward through nearly fifteen hundred carved narrative panels toward open sky. This episode examines the historical reality of eighth- and ninth-century Java to understand how this monumental pilgrimage path was conceived, built, and used. We look at the agricultural surplus required to feed the workforce, the volcanic geology…
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