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Fantastic Muaro Jambi Temple

Village Muaro Jambi District Muaro Sebo is the place / location Muaro Jambi temple, located 2 km northeast of the city of Jambi or 20 minutes by road vehicles through the bridge Batanghari 2. Muaro Jambi (Indonesian: Candi Muaro Jambi) is a Buddhist temple complex, in Jambi province, Sumatra, Indonesia. The temple complex was built by the Melayu Kingdom. This region contained Astano Temple, Tinggi Temple, Gumpung temple, Kembar Batu temple, Gedong temple, Kedaton temple and Mahligai temple. In terms of the architect, the building is a Buddhist culture in IV and V century BC. One of the statues in the Gumpung temple findings show that many characteristics in common with the statue of Prajnaparamita Singosari age.


History :
The start of the rise of the kingdom of Melayu can be dated to 1025 when India’s Chola kingdom attacked and destroyed the capital of the Sumatran maritime empire of Srivijaya. This allowed a number of smaller Sumatran polities to expand their political and economic influence. During the twelfth and thirteenth centuries it seems that from its river estuarine basis along the Batang Hari, Melayu became the dominant economic power in Sumatra. The substantial archaeological remains at Muaro Jambi suggest that this may have been the site of the Melayu capital. The city’s age of glory came to an end in 1278 when Java’s Singhasari kingdom attacked the city, even succeeding in capturing members of the royal family. The site was rediscovered by Dutch explorers in the nineteenth century. It is now protected as a national monument.