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Publication place. England. Pages. xlviii + 479. OCLC. 741754581. Balinese Raja, in Thomas Stamford Raffles's The History of Java, 1817. The History of Java is a book written by Sir Thomas Stamford Raffles and published in 1817. It describes the history of the island of Java from ancient times.
In 1817, Raffles wrote and published The History of Java, [17] describing the history of the island from ancient times as well as its geography, flora, and fauna. In 1817, Raffles was created a Knight Bachelor by the Prince Regent George IV, whose daughter, Princess Charlotte, was particularly close to him.
The Invasion of Java in 1811 was a successful British amphibious operation against the Dutch East Indian island of Java that took place between August and September 1811 during the Napoleonic Wars. Originally established as a colony of the Dutch Republic, Java remained in Dutch hands throughout the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars ...
Raffles was the enthusiast of the island's history, as he wrote the book History of Java published later in 1817. [16] In 1816, under the administration of British governor John Fendall, Java was returned to control of the Netherlands as per the terms of the Anglo-Dutch Treaty of 1814.
Borobudur, also transcribed Barabudur (Indonesian: Candi Borobudur, Javanese: ꦕꦤ꧀ꦝꦶꦧꦫꦧꦸꦝꦸꦂ, romanized: Candhi Barabudhur), is a 9th-century Mahayana Buddhist temple in Magelang Regency, near the city of Magelang and the town of Muntilan, in Central Java, Indonesia. Constructed of gray andesite -like stone, [1] the temple ...
Sir Thomas Stamford Raffles, the Governor General of British Java (1811 to 1816) had a personal interest in the history, culture, and the antiquity of ancient Java, writing The History of Java, which was published in 1817. [10] During his administration, the ancient ruins of Borobudur, Prambanan and Trowulan came to light. This sparked a wider ...
[67] [68] During his administration, numbers of ancient monuments in Java were rediscovered, excavated and systematically catalogued for the first time, the most important one being the rediscovery of Borobudur Buddhist temple in Central Java. [69] [70] Raffles was an enthusiast of the island's history, as he wrote the book The History of Java ...
In Penang, he met Stamford Raffles for the first time. In 1811, Crawfurd accompanied Raffles on Lord Minto's Java Invasion, which overcame the Dutch. [2] Raffles was appointed Lieutenant-Governor of Java by Minto during the 45-day operation, and Crawfurd was appointed the post of Resident Governor at the Court of Yogyakarta in November