Historical Site - Padang Mountain site is located in Padang village and Panggulan Village, District of
Campaka Karyamukti village, Cianjur, is shaped megalithic sites punden the
largest in Southeast Asia. It is considering building area of approximately
900 m2 purbakalanya an area of the site itself is approximately 3 hectare.
The existence of these sites appeared in the report peratama
Rapporten kundigen van de oudheid-Dienst (ROD), 1914, NJ Krom subsequently
reported in 1949. Relevant authorities in 1979 in terms of development and
research of cultural heritage objects, namely the local cultural overseers
followed by ditlinbinjarah and Pulit Arkenas conduct a review of the site
location. Since then research efforts toward the site of Mount Padang started
either from an archaeological, historical, geological and other.
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| Padang Mountain Sites |
Berundaknya punden building form reflects the megalithic
tradition (mega means big and lithos means stone) as is common in some areas in
West Java. Site of Mount Padang is located 50 kilometers from Cianjur is said
to be the largest megalithic site in Southeast Asia. Among the local people,
the site is believed to be evidence of an effort to build a palace King
Siliwangi overnight.
Aided by his troops, he tried to collect blocks of stone
that is only found in that area. However, the night seemed to pass faster. Tinge
of dawn on the eastern horizon had thwarted his efforts, then that region and
then he left. He let the stones scattered on the hill which is now called Mount
Padang. Means bright meadow.
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