Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Acknowledgements
- The Contributors
- 1 Introduction
- 2 An Untraced Buddhist Verse Inscription from (pen)insular Southeast Asia
- 3 How Many Monks? Quantitative and Demographic Archaeological Approaches to Buddhism in Northeast Thailand and Central Laos, Sixth to Eleventh Centuries Ce
- 4 Miniature Stūpas and a Buddhist Sealing from Candi Gentong, Trowulan, Mojokerto, East Java
- 5 A Bronze Hoard from Muara Kaman, Kutei
- 6 Re-exploring the Buddhist “foundation Deposits” at Chedi Chula Prathon, Nakhon Pathom
- 7 Aspects of Buddhism in Tenth-century Cambodia
- 8 Revisiting the Cult of “Śiva-buddha” in Java and Bali
- 9 Building a Buddhist Monarchy in Đại Việt: Temples and Texts under Lý Nhân-tông (R.1072–1127)
- 10 Sīhaḷa Saṅgha and Laṅkā in Later Premodern Southeast Asia
- 11 Dynamics of Monastic Mobility and Networking in Seventeenth-and Eighteenth-century Upper Burma
- 12 Buddhist Diplomacy: Confrontation and Political Rhetoric in the Exchange of Letters between King Alaungmintaya and King Banya Dala of Pegu (1755–56)
- 13 Court Buddhism in Thai-khmer Relations During the Reign of King Rama Iv (king Mongkut)
- Index
- Nalanda-sriwijaya Series
4 - Miniature Stūpas and a Buddhist Sealing from Candi Gentong, Trowulan, Mojokerto, East Java
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 19 May 2017
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Acknowledgements
- The Contributors
- 1 Introduction
- 2 An Untraced Buddhist Verse Inscription from (pen)insular Southeast Asia
- 3 How Many Monks? Quantitative and Demographic Archaeological Approaches to Buddhism in Northeast Thailand and Central Laos, Sixth to Eleventh Centuries Ce
- 4 Miniature Stūpas and a Buddhist Sealing from Candi Gentong, Trowulan, Mojokerto, East Java
- 5 A Bronze Hoard from Muara Kaman, Kutei
- 6 Re-exploring the Buddhist “foundation Deposits” at Chedi Chula Prathon, Nakhon Pathom
- 7 Aspects of Buddhism in Tenth-century Cambodia
- 8 Revisiting the Cult of “Śiva-buddha” in Java and Bali
- 9 Building a Buddhist Monarchy in Đại Việt: Temples and Texts under Lý Nhân-tông (R.1072–1127)
- 10 Sīhaḷa Saṅgha and Laṅkā in Later Premodern Southeast Asia
- 11 Dynamics of Monastic Mobility and Networking in Seventeenth-and Eighteenth-century Upper Burma
- 12 Buddhist Diplomacy: Confrontation and Political Rhetoric in the Exchange of Letters between King Alaungmintaya and King Banya Dala of Pegu (1755–56)
- 13 Court Buddhism in Thai-khmer Relations During the Reign of King Rama Iv (king Mongkut)
- Index
- Nalanda-sriwijaya Series
Summary
I. INTRODUCTION
Candi Gentong is located in Jambumente village, Trowulan district, Mojokerto, East Java. The structure is made of two parts, which are called Candi Gentong I and Candi Gentong II. The latter is located about 25 metres north of Candi Gentong I.
The existence of Candi Gentong was first announced by J.W.B Wardenaar. He included it in the report of his visit to Trowulan when he was reporting back to Stamford Raffles as Lieutenant Governor of Java (1811–16) on 7 October 1815. In the report Wardenaar wrote about the “plan van Madjapahit” (plan of Majapahit). In 1890, R.D.M Verbeek also wrote regarding the “plan van Madjaphit” which included the existence of archeological remains of the Majapahit Kingdom at Trowulan as follows: (A) a temple of bricks called Candi Muteran by the inhabitants, (B) a heap of bricks which probably came from the ruins of a temple, (C) a temple of bricks called Candi Brahu, (D) a temple called Candi Gentong which was entirely ruined, (E) a temple called Candi Gedong, (F) a temple called Candi Tengah, (G) a gate called Gapura Jati Pasar by the inhabitants (it is currently called Gapura Wringin Lawang), (H) a gate called Bajang Ratu, (I) the Joko Dolok statue (currently placed at Taman Apsari, Surabaya), (K) a large statue of a giant (rākṣasa) called Menak Jinggo and a statue of woman, (L) Ratu Putri Campa's grave (1448 CE), (M) the Segaran Pool, (N) Siti Hinggil (high land), (O) an umpak (stone base/pedestal that formed part of a house), and (P) a place which the inhabitants called Kedaton.
When Candi Gentong was rediscovered it was already in ruins. The only remaining original structure was its base. The ruins formed a huge pile that looked like a gentong (large earthenware bowl for water), and because of this the inhabitants called it Candi Gentong. The shape of Candi Gentong I is square with the entry point located at the west. It is comprised of a central brick structure surrounded by two other structures (see Figure 4.1). Of Candi Gentong II only the base of the candi and its pit remain. The shape of Candi Gentong II is also square. Its central brick structure is surrounded by eight smaller structures located at eight points of the compass, but the one to the north has already vanished.
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- Buddhist Dynamics in Premodern and Early Modern Southeast Asia , pp. 120 - 137Publisher: ISEAS–Yusof Ishak InstitutePrint publication year: 2015