Mdang i Bhumi Mataram

Administrative localization:

Wadas, Tridadi, Sleman, Sleman, DIY.

Geographical localization:

07º 41' 56.3" S
110º 21' 00" E
Precision: Map.
Alt.: 235m

Surroundings:

In lower middle land, on flat ground, although on the first slopes of Mount Merapi, on the western bank of kali Bedog. The site is located some 750m to the southwest of Kepitu.

Religion: Buddhist.
Main features: Stūpa.
State of preservation: No visible remains.

Description: This site has furnished lots of fragments of stūpa. The most interesting pieces were brought to the office of the SPSP DIY in Bogem.
Archaeological excavations made in 1993 showed that the fragments belonged to two different stūpa (Laporan penggalian Wadas 1993). The northernmost structure (stūpa I) was built on a long square foundation made of natural stones. This foundation was 2,10m long and consisted of two levels, the upper one being slightly smaller. The monument was left unfinished: it was not carved.
Stūpa II was smaller than stūpa I. It rested on a natural stone foundation too, even though it only consisted of one layer of stones. The structure is almost complete, one the square base, one could see the anda, harmikā, yasti and cattrā. The total height of stūpa II was 2,60m. On the contrary of stūpa I, this second monument was richly decorated.
According to the plan drawn by the SPSP DIY, those stūpa were not positioned towards the cardinal points, but appeared to follow a NW-SE axis. From the existing documentation, it is difficult to determine the relative localization of both structures. However they do not seem on a line.
Some meters west of the stūpa were remains of a wall, probably part of an enclosure.
As noticed in Laporan 1993, this arrangement of two stūpa within a single, own site is rare, if not unique in Java. Usually, this type of monument is found as part of a wider sanctuary (such as at Plaosan or Sewu). However, these "double stūpa" are known from the reliefs of Borobudur (Ib/80).

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