a village of Java, near its eastern extremity, in the region of Mataram, eight miles from Suracarta. It is noted for the remains of Hindu images, temples, and inscriptions, which are spread over an extent of ten miles. The most remarkable of those ruins are known under the name of the Thousand Temples, which constitute a square group of buildings, each side measuring 250 paces. One large temple stood in the centre of the square, which was surrounded at equal distances by three rows of smaller ones, the rows being but a few feet distant from each other. At each of the four cardinal points, where there appear to have been gates, were two gigantic statues, each of them with a mace in its hand, and a snake twisted round its body. The inside walls of the large temple were adorned with figures of the conch shell, of water-vases, and of the sacred lotus, all denoting a Hindu origin. There is no reliable evidence to show at what period those immense buildings were constructed. A Javanese manuscript asserts that it was in the Javanese year 1188, which corresponds to the year of the Christian era 1261.