Yes... before the dutchman found the site in 17th century, after the destructive earthquakes that destroyed the temples in 16th century, I think people start to create the story and its getting better through time till the temple has rebuilt. The expert spent more than 30 years to rebuilt the biggest one, Shiva temple 47 meters height (1918-1953) while the ancients engineervbuilt the whole 224 temples from 820-856 😨 I didn't include the story about how people lived in harmony even though there's 2 dynastys in old java kingdom, one was Hindu Dynasty and the other was Buddhist Dynasty.
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So the temples were destroyed by earthquakes! But the people living there did not rebuild them. Didn't worship there anymore? Had moved away? Like Mayan temples in Mexico that were abandoned by the people who moved away and then were covered by vines so no one knew they were even there!
Now I am thinking about how history is taught here. We learn about the history of the state we live in, and about the history of our country. That would include a little about English history because we were originally their colony so how we claimed independence is part of the story. This gives us a very narrow idea of history but I guess the schools think that's enough for us to get by on.
I am thinking that for two dynasties to live in harmony they must have had very strong leaders who agreed to keep it that way? They must have chosen peace over invading or controlling the other? How they did that should be taught to all nations!