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Malang resident discovers structures believed to be ancient temple
PPBI member Aulia Akbar said the structure discovered by Rudi last week is suspected to be part of a temple dating back to the Medang Kingdom, specifically during the reign of Mpu Sindok, around 929 to 949 CE.
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Sojiwan Temple, the last traces of the Medang Kingdom in Klaten, Central Java. (JP/Stefanus Ajie)
Malang resident discovers structures believed to be ancient temple
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A resident of Landungsari Village in Malang Regency, East Java, has discovered a brick structure believed to be the remains of an ancient temple, possibly dating back to the 10th-century Medang Kingdom.
The structure was discovered last week by Rudi Harianto, the head of Bendungan Hamlet, while preparing a tent for a local event on farmland.
“When I tried to drive a bamboo pole into the ground, it struck something hard. As I dug to remove it, I uncovered a brick,” Rudi said in a recent interview, as quoted by Tribunnews.
The following day, the 40-year-old reported the discovery to the Indonesian Archaeology and Cultural Conservation Society (PPBI), which later sent a team to conduct further excavation at the site.
