Mdang i Bhumi Mataram

Lokasi :
Dusun Dawangsari, Desa.Sambirejo, Kecamatan Prambanan, Kabupaten Sleman

Apakah sebenarnya situs dawangsari ini? Menurut seorang ibu yang saya temui dan tempat saya menitipkan kendaraan diceritakan bahwa reruntuhan candi tersebut dahulu adalah tanah milik ibu tersebut. Situs ini ditemukan secara tidak sengaja dan oleh masyarakat disebut situs candi pendem. Oleh pemerintah yaitu pihak BP3 tanah tersebut dibeli dan dilakukan penggalian dan proyek untuk merekonstruksi kembali. Akan tetapi entah kenapa sampai sekarang situs ini tetap dibiarkan terbengkalai dan batu2 candi hanya ditumpuk dan berserakan tanpa ada tanda2 perawatan.

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Dari hasil kunjungan saya menemukan struktur batu yang disusun melingkar membentuk seperti sebuah bagian bawah sebuah stupa. Dilhat dari bentuknya apabila berhasil disusun kemungkinan stupa tersebut berukuran cukup besar. Selain itu terdapat juga batu berukir berbentuk hexagonal yang umumnya juga merupakan bagian hiasan dari sebuah stupa.

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Selain struktur stupa tersebut tidak ada lagi yang bisa ditemukan selain batu2 berserakan yang ditumpuk dan tidak jelas bagaimana bentuk dan posisinya. Diperkirakan situs dawangsari adalah peninggalan Buddha.

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Sumber : http://tarabuwana.blogspot.com/2011/12/situs-dawangsari.html

Administrative localization:

Dawangsari, Sambirejo, Prambanan, Sleman, DIY.

Geographical localization: 07° 46' 27.1" S
110° 29' 51.2" E
Precision: 11m
Alt.: 180m

Surroundings:

In lowland, on a high hill belonging to the Gunung Kidul massif. The site overlooks the Yogyakarta plain. The position of Dawangsari, north of Barong and on a slightly lower ground, limits the view one can have from the site: to the west, it is closed by the Ratu Boko plateau151 and to the north by a higher hill, so that neither the Yogyakarta plain nor gunung Merapi are as visible as they are from Barong. The site is located 100m north of candi Barong, 450m south of Arca Ganeca, 500m to the south-southeast of Sumberwatu and 800m to the east-southeast of the pendopo of Ratu Boko.

Religion: Buddhist.
Main features: Stūpa.
State of preservation: The base of one stūpa is still partly visible.

Description:
According to recent excavations, Dawangsari was made of at least two large stūpa (Laporan ekskavasi Dawangsari 2001).
However, their state of preservation is very bad and only one may clearly be identified (Dawangsari I). Among the stones, one can distinguish a square base surmounted by a circular structure carved with lotus petals. North of this first stūpa one finds an area of roughly the same dimensions, scattered with stones. This is probably the localization of the second stūpa (Dawangsari II).
Some restoration work was carried on at Dawangsari I but, as it started before the discovery of the second stūpa, blocks coming from both monuments were probably mixed up (Laporan ekskavasi Dawangsari, 2001).
Further excavations would be needed to determine if the stūpa stood alone or if they were part of a wider complex.
Inscriptions:
A Hindu inscription dated 856A.D. was found within the hamlet of Dawangsari (Bernet Kempers 1941-1947: 46). However, it is not clear whether it was found to the north of the village (near Arca Ganeça/Sumberwatu) or to the south (near Dawangsari/Barong).

Sumber : https://openaccess.leidenuniv.nl/handle/1887/13781