Trowulan, Archaeological site in Mojokerto, Indonesia.
Trowulan is an archaeological site in Mojokerto, Indonesia, with temples, water systems and foundations from the medieval Majapahit Empire in East Java. The ruins spread over a wide area and show different building types, from religious structures to engineering works of the former capital.
The site was the capital of the Majapahit Empire between the 13th and 15th centuries, which ruled large parts of present-day Indonesia. British official Thomas Stamford Raffles described the remains in his 1811 reports on Java and brought them to European attention.
The museum at the site displays objects from several Indonesian kingdoms, including a statue of King Airlangga shown as a deity riding a mythical bird. Visitors today see traces of irrigation channels and temple structures that show how advanced medieval Java was.
The archaeological area is reached by road from larger cities in East Java, and guided tours can be booked on site. Paths between individual temples and ruins are laid out as visitor routes, allowing exploration of different sections in turn.
The rectangular Segaran water reservoir, a large basin within the grounds, shows the technical skills of medieval engineers in Java. The basin once supplied the capital and its inhabitants with water, and its dimensions are still clearly visible today.
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