Batujaya

Batujaya Temple Complex
Candi Batujaya
Blandongan temple, one of Batujaya temples
Alternative nameJiwa Temple
LocationKarawang, West Java, Indonesia
RegionJava
Coordinates6°03′20″S 107°09′13″E / 6.05563°S 107.15351°E / -6.05563; 107.15351
TypeCandi
History
PeriodsEarly Hindu-Buddhist period (2nd–6th century CE).
CulturesPossibly Tarumanegara
Site notes
Excavation dates1984
ArchaeologistsUniversity of Indonesia archeologists
Conditionruined

Batujaya is an archeological site located in the village of Batujaya, Karawang in West Java, Indonesia. Archaeologists suggest that the Batujaya temples might be the oldest surviving temple structures in Java and estimated that it was built during the time of the Tarumanegara kingdom circa 5th to 6th century CE.[1]

The site has an area of five square kilometers and contains at least 30 structures[2] which in Sundanese are called hunyur, or unur (high mounds of earth consisting of artifacts). Unur is similar to the manapo found at the Muara Jambi archaeological site.

  1. ^ "Batujaya Temple (West Java) - Temples of Indonesia". candi.perpusnas.go.id. Retrieved 2020-08-09.
  2. ^ "Candi Batujaya Dibangun dengan Teknologi Canggih". Archived from the original on August 25, 2017. Retrieved November 22, 2011.