Thanks Ian.
Alan, thank you very much for showing these pictures, the stone pieces are very interesting. How old are the temples?
For those of you interested in the early Indian history I will highly recommend Suvarnadvipa, Hindu Colonies of the Far East, vols. I-II, by R.C.Majumdar, Cosmo Publications, New Delhi, 2004.
It is about colonizing Malaya, Sumatra, Java and a lot of other places from the 8th to the 11th century - bringing the Indian culture to these places. However, in vol. I, on p. 100 there is a reference to a Chinese source mentioning a Hindu colony on Java in 132 AD.
It has sometimes been discussed if the early Indians were able to build and sail big ships - they were, or the above mentioned would not heve been possible.
I sometimes wonder if there are Hero stones in the old colonies, or if the Hero stones only came later.
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