The Journal of the Siam Society Vol. LXIV, Part 1-2, 1976 - Khamkoo

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and then, before reaching the River Opak, on the left side is Chandi
Bogem. Not very much remains above ground of either Bogisan or Bogem,
except for a few Buddha images. These images have rather elongated
bodies and can be given an early dating. Archarn Kbien Yimsiri
estimated that they were made between 650 and 700 A.D., or say 700
A.D.
Across the River Opak we first come to Prambanan ·on the left
side of the road. This is the greatest Hindu temple in Java. Behind
Prambanan are two small chandis, Lampung and Bubrah, and a little
farther on are two of the great Buddhist complexes, Sewu and Plaosan.
Khien Yimsiri thinks that Sewu and Prambanan were contemporay
structures and has dated them from 775-825, while he bas given
Plaosan a date of 825-850.
Plaosan is a twin complex-and here I must correct another error.
I thought one of the complexes was called Plaosan Lor (north complex),
while the other was Plaosan Kidal (south complex). Actually both
complexes comprise Plaosan Lor, and there is another, smaller, cbandi
nearby called Plaosan Kidal.
Plaosan Lor was begun by King Samaratunga, and his name
appears in some short inscriptions found there as Sri Maharaja, Wben
he died his daughter, Queen Sri Kahulunnan, and her husband, Pikatan,
carried on the work. Their names also appear in the same set of short
inscriptions from Plaosan Lor dated.about 850. Plaosan Kidal seems to
fall between Sewu and Plaosan Lor, say about 815-835. The images
are not as squat as those at Plaosan Lor and still retain the classic
expression of the Borobudur and Sewu images. There is also a feeling
of femininity about the Chandi, so I would suggest that Princess
Pramodavardhani founded this structure before her marriage to Pikatan,
when she went to live in Mataram.
Sewu might produced as many as four inscriptions. The first is the
Kelurak inscription dated 782, which recorded the setting up of a Manjusri