Dieng Temple

Dieng Plateau in that place are too many historical relics such every 2nd the Hindu Shiva temple building. Stone edifice that has been a hundred years onetime is a still witness to the civilisation that 1 time flourished inward the Dieng Plateau.

Long ago, the temples inward Dieng had sunk together with buried inward a swamp. Until therefore inward 1814 it was rediscovered past times a British soldier who was on holiday.

But novel efforts are draining swamps together with cleansing of the temple began inward 1956 together with therefore resumed inward 1864 past times the Dutch government.

Until now, enquiry on the temples inward Dieng continued. Even so, non establish records or written data concerning Dieng Temple history except for an inscription amongst the twelvemonth position out 808 AD, which is the oldest inscription written inward ancient Javanese.

From the prasasi, Experts guess that these temples were built past times the kings of Sanjaya dynasty.