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Introduction

Indonesia is a country known for having many historical sites and artifacts,

such as stone temples. Indonesian ancient society, which mostly are

maritime and agricultural society, have known various number of

constellations as signs of time and direction. It is suspected that some

historical sites in Indonesia have Astronomical relation in its building, as

Stonehenge in United Kingdom and Pyramids in gypt are.

Borobudur Temple

!orobudur "emple is a buddhist temple that is located in #ava and estimated to

be built around $%% A&. "he orientation of the temple's west and east door is

pointing to the direction of vernal e(uino) in times it were built. In addition,

observation around the temple shows that its main stupa can also be used as

gnomon during the construction. "he e)istence of these west and east door

facing*gnomons strongly indicates that the temple was indeed built around the

estimated time. +rom these gnomons too, we can recalculate that the temple's

main stupa supposed to be %.-- meters tall. ther stupas, surprisingly, can be

used to help us locate !orobudur in latitude, which is /.0 in south and the

position of the Sun when it is on the tropic of 1ancer and 1apricorn, 23.0

degree from the e(uatorial plane. 45ariawang, %6%7

Padang Mountains Megalithic Site

"wo e)peditions had been conducted in Padang 8ountain's 8egalithic Site, but strong

evidence to proof the astronomical relation in its construction have not been found yet.

In these e)peditions some positional, orientational, and dimensional researches had been

performed. "he night sky survey had also been performed to create simulation of the

constellations and sketches. It needs more systematic and long*period observations to

search for evidence that there are some astronomical relations in it. 45usnindriani et al.,

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References

5ariawang, I. I., %6%,Aspek Astronomi dalam Candi Borobudur (Astronomical Aspects in Boro-

budur Temple), Undergraduate "hesis, Institut "eknologi !andung.

5usnindriani, P. et al., %66,Arkeoastronomi di Situs Megalitikum Gunung Padang

(Archaeoastronomy at Padang Mountains Megalithic Site), 9esearch 9eport, Institut "eknoogi

!andung.

Future Research

Seeing the fact that there are many temples and historical

sites located in Indonesia, chances for archeoastronomy to

develop are undoubtedly high. Probability to gain

information from this study field too, is still wide opened.

"herefore, further and thorough periodical research about

this topic is needed.

Borobudur Temple

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