Historical Travel Megalith Site Padang Mountain, West Java

History

Mount Padang is actually not a mountain, but Mount Padang is a building site from the prehistoric Megalithic Period-shaped Pyramid. The building is located on the border of the hamlet of Mount Padang, Karyamukti village, Cempaka subdistrict, Cianjur regency - West Java.

The building is located at an altitude of 885 meters above sea level, a building area of 900 square meters. There are 20 levels of terracing with a site area of about 3 hectares. There are 20 terraces with the main zone of about 25 hectares. Padang Mountain site into a complex of terraced southeast Asia's largest.

Physically, Mount Padang is not a mountain as its name suggests. It caused segigita equilateral shape resembles a mountain. Mount Padang is a man-made structure berbetuk pyramid covered with volcanic ash and the outside overgrown trees.

Yet according to research geologist, found a room in a building that is buried in the ground, there are also other buildings that allegedly cave or hallway. Other artifacts were also found in the form of a suspected stone arched entrance bangunnan and musical instruments undulating stone which if hit would issue a different tone.

There are also relics such as drawing or writing on bermukaan man-made stone patio section, but the script and the image it says it has yet to be revealed.

Padang Mountain site was first known to exist as revealed by Rapporten van de Oudheidkundige or the head of the archaeological Department Bulletin in 1914. Then, also in 1949, the Dutch historian named NJ Krom had expressed this site. But until now, the site is not medapat serious research.

In 1979, locals reported any parallel piles of stones that form a rectangle that the steps leading to Mount Gede. From the results of literature review found Bujangga Manik originating from the 16th century.

In the manuscript mentioned their ancestors revered place of the Sundanese named "Kabuyutan" upstream Ci Sokan, located around the site. Meanwhile, according to legend, the site of Mount Padang is a gathering place for indigenous leader Ancient Sundanese people routinely to be used as a place of worship.(mitology.net)

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The discovery of archaeological sites of Mount Padang in Cianjur in West Java has been tumultuous. Because the stone sites in Cianjur This is the largest and oldest megalithic sites in the world. Not only archaeologists Indonesia, some archaeologists the world were interested to investigate.

Site of Mount Padang is a sign that Indonesia has a much more advanced civilization than civilization in the other hemisphere. In the span of 2010-2014, it was revealed that Mount Padang is a historical site resembling the Pyramid.

Pyramid Mount padang have the size 9 times greater compared Borobudur. The site is supposedly built 16,000 BC, and much older than the pyramids in Egypt there. Stone at Mount Padang is not just any rock. Almost all the rocks there have geometric shapes, not just a mere boulder.

The average stone shaped beam extending there. Imagine how powerful that ancient people could carve stone to shape the beam with a neat piece. In the old days, people say this site is a place of worship that looks punden with 5 levels.

To get there, tourists can via two roads to get to the top of Mount Padang. After paying the entrance fee of Rp 2,000, please choose between the path of pilgrimage or tourist track. It is said that the pilgrimage route is to use the original route that the ancient people to worship with the slope reaches 60 degrees. As for the tourist track is equipped with a staircase with railing that is considered more secure.

At the top, the stone was found not only the shape of the beam, there are pentagonal, oval, stone pillar or monument was used as a menhir invoke the spirit of the ancestors. In fact there are some rocks that resembled Cleaver weapon, as well as the stone with mold tread tigers and stone that can make sounds when we are at.(iberita)

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