Borobudur Gallery Wall Relief, Java, Indonesia — The lower gallery walls depict scenes of everyday Javanese life from the 9th century AD interspersed with Buddhist teachings — market scenes, musicians, dancers, carpenters, and farmers providing an invaluable documentary record of Sailendra-era Javanese society. Scholars have used these reliefs to reconstruct ancient Javanese music, agriculture, and material culture.
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