# Prambanan Temple Built in Java (c. 850 CE)

URL: https://allhistories.com/hinduism/timeline/850-prambanan-temple-built-in-java
Location: Prambanan, Central Java, Indonesia
Themes: Architecture

The Prambanan temple complex near Yogyakarta, dedicated to the Hindu trimurti of Shiva, Vishnu and Brahma, is built around 850 under the Mataram king Rakai Pikatan or his successor. Reliefs on the balustrades depict the Ramayana. The Shivagrha inscription of 856 is associated with the main shrine. Its tall central temple of Shiva is a masterpiece of Javanese Hindu architecture. The site is a UNESCO World Heritage Site, and the exact founding date and patron are debated.

## Why it matters
Prambanan is the largest Hindu temple complex in Indonesia and a landmark of Hindu and Buddhist Javanese civilisation in the ninth century.

Paramount Power at the Time: [Mihira Bhoja](https://allhistories.com/hinduism/rulers/mihira-bhoja)

## Sources
- [Wikipedia — Prambanan](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prambanan)
- [Wikipedia — Shivagrha inscription](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shivagrha_inscription)
- [UNESCO World Heritage - Prambanan](https://whc.unesco.org/en/list/642)