Facts & Figures
Reliefs, their Location and their Subjects
| Series |
Location |
Reliefs |
Texts |
| O |
Hidden Basement |
160 |
text? |
| Ia |
Gallery 1, upper rank |
120 |
Life of Buddha |
| Ib |
Gallery 1, lower rank |
125 |
Buddhist Birth Stories |
| IBa |
Gallery 1 B, upper rank |
372 |
Jatakas & Avadanas |
| IBb |
Gallery 1 B, lower rank |
125 |
Jatakas & Avadanas |
| II |
Gallery 2 |
128 |
Gandavyuha |
| IIB |
Gallery 2 B |
100 |
Jatakas & Avadanas |
| III |
Gallery 3 |
88 |
Gandavyuha |
| IIIB |
Gallery 3 B |
88 |
Gandavyuha |
| IV |
Gallery 4 |
72 |
Bhadracari |
| IVB |
Gallery 4 B |
84 |
Gandavyuha |
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The key-system is taken from Krom & Van Erp's catalogue.
In between the basement at the uppermost
stupa terrace, there are four galleries,
each with a
main wall and a balustrade:
G = gallery / B = balustrade / main = main wall / dec = decorative
I II III & IV are the main inward-facing walls (i.e. backs to the stupa)
The Balustrade reliefs face these across each gallery (i.e. backs to the countryside);
"a" & "b" indicate two ranks of reliefs on the main wall:
Thus Ia is the upper rank of reliefs on the main wall of Gallery 1;
and IIB are the balustrade reliefs of the second gallery
Some Figures
- Narrative reliefs: 1,460
- Decorative reliefs: 1,212
- Gargoyles: 100
- Buddha Statues in niches: 432
- Buddha statues on the terraces under circular stupas: 72
- Decorated doorways: 24
- Basement hidden with circa 13,000 cubic metres of stone
- Total volume of stone used: circa 55,000 cubic metres
- Total carved stone blocks used: circa 1,000,000
- Total length of galleries: circa 2500 metres
- Total length of hidden basement: circa 400 metres
- Total area of figurative reliefs: circa 1,900 square metres
- Total area of decorative reliefs; circa 600 square metres
- Time to build Borobudur: perhaps 30 years
- When was it built: probably later 8th century AD
- Usage period: less than 200 years (Kingdom moved to E Java)
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