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 436 FURTHER INDIA. BOOK VIII. joined together with sculpture-bearing screens, as in the earlier examples, nor joined side by side with the sculpture on their fronts, or inside, as was invariably the case in similar temples in Gujarat of the same age. Sir Stamford Raffles gives A.D. 1098 for the completion of this temple, which, from the internal evidence, I fancy cannot be far from the truth. It would, however, be extremely interesting if it could be fixed with certainty, as these Javan monuments will probably be found to be the only means we have of bridging over the dark ages in India. Meanwhile in the last ten years other examples in the district have been measured and illustrated. Midway between Sewu and Loro Jonggrang is a smaller group, Chandi Lumbang (Woodcut No. 484), with a central temple surrounded by sixteen cells, each of which is supposed to have contained an image Buddha or 5iva, according to the dedication of the central cell. Three quarters of a mile east of Chandi Sewu is another remarkable temple known as Chandi Plaosan, which consists of four enclosures side by side, measuring 328 ft. deep, from 484. Chandi Lumbang, near Prambanan. back to front. In the Centre (From a Drawing at the India Office.) enclosure are two smaller ones with a triple cell temple in each, 62 ft. wide by 36 ft. deep, with central porch facing east, project- ing 13 ft. and surrounded with a triple row of 180 cells, the two outer rows circular on plan, the inner row and those at the angles being square. This central enclosure measures 450 ft. wide. The second enclosure on the left (south side) is 200 ft. wide, with sixty-eight cells, all circular on plan, triple rows back and front, and single rows on the sides ; in the centre is a platform, 68 ft. square, with traces of a portico or verandah round. Nothing has been found in the third enclosure on the north or right hand side, but in the one beyond is a square platform in centre, with triple row of forty-eight circular cells at the back and sides and a double row of sixteen square cells in front. In the temple are many fine statues of Dhyani Buddhas in almost perfect preservation, eight of which are published in Ijzerman's work already referred to. 1 1 f Beschrijving der Oudheden nabij de Soerakarta en Djogdjakarta,' pp. 93-107, and plates G.-K.