CHAP. IV. PRAMBANAN. 435 one another, back to back, they are 168 in number, and form a rectangle measuring 525 ft. by 467 ft. All these 240 temples are similar to one another, about 12 ft. square at the base, and 22 ft. high, all richly carved and ornamented, and in every one is a small square cell, in which was originally placed a cross-legged figure. When looked a little closely into, it is evident that the ti e ti k & ^Utitititititi D D a is ti ti D D ft P a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a ii u
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too 483. IOO 2OO 30O 4OO Plan of the Chandi Sewu, Prambanan. Scale 150 ft. to i in. Chandi Sewu is neither more nor less than Boro-Budur taken to pieces, and spread out, with such modifications as were necessary to adapt it to the position. Instead of a central dagaba, with its seventy-two subordinate ones, and its five procession-paths, with their 436 niches con- taining figures of Buddha, we have here a central cell, with entrance porch and three subordinate ones, each containing no doubt similar images, and surrounding these, 240 cells contain- ing images arranged in four rows, with paths between, but not