Indonesia Archaeology
In the early days of Dutch colonial rule (17th century) the archaeological heritage of the Indonesian archipelago had not received that care which, albeit in a discontinuous way, had been reserved for the ancient monuments of India thanks to the intervention of the English authorities. The example of the British colonial governor Sir Th. Stamford Raffles, who ruled the island of Java during the short British interregnum (1811-16), was not followed by the Dutch colonial governors. The ancient temples were…
