Artist: unknown
Title: The Great Stupa/Mount Meru at Borobudur, view looking to the
southeast
Material: stone
Site: Borobudur, Central Java, Indonesia
Current Location: in situ
Period/Date: ca. end of the 8th - beginning of the 9th century,
under the Shailendra Dynasty
Iconography/Iconology: This view shows the mountain range that surrounds
the Valley at the center of which is the monument. This, quite literally,
reiterates the monument's identity with Mt. Meru.
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