Wonders of The World

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• The Longest Natural Arch
• Manuscripts of a Bygone Age NEW
• Sanchi's Great Stupa
• The Brooklyn Bridge
• The Oldest Known Shipwreck
• A House Under The Ocean
• Telescope Atop a Volcano
• Britain's Treasure Trove
• The Dare-devils of La Quebrada
• The Chunnel
• The Tallest Living Things
• An Island Comes to life again
• The Skeleton Stretch
• The Glowing Caves
• The Great Shells
• The Mighty Corridor
• Drawings in the Sand
• The World's largest Flower
• The Swaying Minarets
• The Screaming Skull
• A Tower of Perfection!
• Ajanta
• World's Highest Capitals
• The Ziggurat of Ur
• The Oldest Footprints
• The smallest country
• Madame Tussaud's Wax Museum
• Mountain of Light
• A Piece from the Past
• Crop Circles
• Cleopatra’s Needle
• The Oldest Throne
• Giant Waves
• The Lord's Arch
• A Mad King's Dream Castle

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The Temple of Borobudur

The gigantic temple of Borobudur rises above the Kedu Plain in southern central Java in Indonesia. It is shaped like a terraced pyramid with a stupa (shrine) at the top.
The lower terraces are square and the top three, circular. Altogether there are ten levels from the bottom of the temple to the central stupa, 31 metres above. Each terrace has carvings of Buddha in various poses and panels of stone bas-reliefs depicting Buddhist stories. On the three circular terraces there are 72 small hollow stupas.
The temple, built by the Shailendra kings around 800 AD. is one of the greatest architectural monuments of Asia.

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Last updated on :12/2/2003