Gunung Wukir temple

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Gunung Wukir temple is an early Javanese Hindu temple site in Central Java, Indonesia, notable for its association with the 8th-century Canggal inscription that marks the rise of the Mataram Kingdom.

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instanceOf Hindu temple
Javanese temple
archaeological site
architecturalStyle early Central Javanese style
associatedWith Canggal inscription NERFINISHED
Mataram Kingdom NERFINISHED
Sanjaya dynasty NERFINISHED
builtInCentury 8th century
builtInPeriod early Mataram Kingdom period
chronologyEvidence palaeographic dating of Canggal inscription
country Indonesia
culture Javanese Hindu-Buddhist culture
currentCondition ruins
dedicatedTo Shiva NERFINISHED
discoveredAs archaeological remains
function political legitimization site
religious sanctuary
governingBody Indonesian archaeological authorities
hasFeature central shrine base
linga-yoni
stone terraces
hasInscription Canggal inscription NERFINISHED
hasType terraced hilltop temple
heritage early Javanese Hindu architecture
inscriptionDate 732 CE
inscriptionLanguage Sanskrit
inscriptionScript Pallava script NERFINISHED
linkedEvent establishment of a Shiva linga as royal symbol
linkedRuler Sanjaya of Mataram NERFINISHED
locatedIn Central Java NERFINISHED
Java
Nusantara NERFINISHED
Southeast Asia
locatedNear Borobudur region NERFINISHED
Magelang NERFINISHED
locatedOn Gunung Wukir hill NERFINISHED
material andesite stone
nearbyRiver Progo River NERFINISHED
partOf Central Javanese temple landscape NERFINISHED
region Kedu Plain NERFINISHED
religion Hinduism
researchField Javanese archaeology
South and Southeast Asian history
epigraphy
significance marks rise of Mataram Kingdom
one of earliest Hindu temples in Central Java

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Canggal inscription foundAt Gunung Wukir temple