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Dieng Temples

Group of small Hindu shrines dedicated to Shiva on the Dieng Plateau, a volcanic highland at about 2,000 m in Central Java. Built between the late 7th and late 8th centuries, they are among the oldest standing stone temples on Java. The pin marks the Arjuna group, the best preserved cluster; local people named the temples after heroes of the Mahabharata.

Dated events and their evidence

• 700 CE disputed
  late 7th c. to c. 730: Arjuna, Semar, Srikandi and Gatotkaca built (first phase) source
• 730 CE disputed
  8th c. (c. 730-780): Puntadewa, Sembadra and Bima added in a second phase source
• 809 CE mainstream
  inscription dated 731 Saka found behind Candi Arjuna source
• 1814 CE mainstream
  temples reported by British visitors, partly standing in a lake source
• 1865 CE disputed
  van Kinsbergen has a channel dug that drains the lake (some sources give 1856) source
• 1911 CE mainstream
  official Dutch investigation and repair of the temples (1911-1916) source

Where

7.2051° S, 109.9068° E

Sources

• https://epress.nus.edu.sg/sitereports/dieng/text/background/
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dieng_temples

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