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TOPOGRAPHY OF JAVA. 189temple of Auklior-Vat, has lost a lai'ge uumber of precious carvings, carried olfby native princes and officials to embellish their palaces and gardens. But enoughstill remain to give an idea of the prodigious architectural work executed in theeighth or ninth century by Javanese artists, under the guidance of their Hinduinstructors. The discovery has recently been made that the base of the buildingis surrounded by a revetment, or stone facing, which masks inner walls richlycarved and covered with inscriptions. Here archaeologists hojie to find valuabledata on the historj' of the edifice and of the country.Lying on the southern slojje of the island, both Magelang and the equallyFig. "S. Mehapi and Joejokaeta.Scale 1 : 500,0(10..'''M/a^VlI' ,0/1oVI 7'picturesque Piinrorcjo, capital of the j^roviuce of Bagalcn, have their natural outletin the port of TjUatjap. Here the fertile and thicklj'-peopled coastlauds aretraversed by a railway running parallel with the seaboard. North of this linelies Ba))Jumas, capital of the province of like name.But the central station of the insular railway sj-stem is the city of Solo, orSuralica-ta, the ancient Kartamirn, capital of one of the few remaining- native" regencies." In population Surakarta holds the second rank, and would evenbe the first were Batavia and Meester Cornelis regarded as forming two reallydistinct cities. Its numerous quarters, lining the banks of the Pepe, a western