Muaro Jambi Temple Compounds

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Muaro Jambi

Muaro Jambi temple compounds.
Location	Muaro Jambi Regency, Jambi, Indonesia
Region	Southeast Asia
Coordinates	1°28′41″S 103°40′02″E / 1.4779213°S 103.6670838°E / -1.4779213; 103.6670838
History
Founded	c. 7th century CE
Abandoned	c. 1278 CE
Periods	Hindu-Buddhist period
Cultures	Srivijaya
Site notes
Excavation dates	1824
Archaeologists	S.C. Crooke
Condition	partially ruined
Architecture
Architectural styles	Buddhist Candi

Muaro Jambi (Indonesian: Candi Muaro Jambi) is a Buddhist temple complex, in Muaro Jambi Regency, Jambi province, Sumatra, Indonesia. It is situated 26 kilometers east from the city of Jambi. The temple complex was built by the Melayu Kingdom, with its surviving temples and other archaeological remains estimated to date from the 7th to 13th century CE. The archaeological site includes eight excavated temple sanctuaries and covers about 12 square kilometers, stretches 7.5 kilometers along the Batang Hari River, 80 menapos or mounds of temple ruins, are not yet restored.^[1][2] It is one of the largest and best-preserved ancient temple complexes in South East Asia.

It was suggested that Muaro Jambi Temple compound might be the initial location of Srivijaya kingdom. This is mainly because, Muaro Jambi has far richer temple concentration—in contrast to the scarcity of archaeological sites in South Sumatra.^[3][4]