Period of 'darkness' Borobudur Temple.
Borobudur temple where civilization swallowed. No trace of history that can
reference about the existence, functions and activities of Borobudur temple
at that time.
Tahun1814.
Found buried in a bush
thicket by Cornelis HC. At that time ruled by the English Java
by Sir Thomas Stamford Raffles as the Governor-General. When
a visit to Semarang, Raffles received the news that dikedu
there are temples that have not been explored.
Year 1817
For the first time the existence of Borobudur Temple.
revealed to the European public through the book The History of Java articles
Raffles. Although only mentioned briefly and no exposure to
Raffles has at least enough to throw a discourse about the existence
Buddhist temple in Central Java.
Year 1831
WOJ Niewenkamp, Dutch artist Yang
known to be very obsessed with a culture of the archipelago, making some
sketches of Borobudur. One of the famous and cause
controversy until now was a sketch about the existence of the lake
around the ancient Borobudur temple.
Year 1835
Tahun'kemunculan back 'Borobudur temple
surface of the earth. Hard work by Dutch officials, Hartmann.
His interest led to remarkable personal initiative to
Cornelius continue working with shrubs menyingakirkan
cover the surface of the Borobudur temple and do the cleaning in the temple.
Year 1842
When entering the Borobudur temple dome Hartmann
find hundreds of Buddhist stupas and relief, but no record
details about the process and results of the most spectacular discoveries of this.
Previously no one knew that in a large dome saved a lot of Borobudur stupa.

Year 1873
Monograph Candi Borobudur to
first published in Dutch language and translated into
in French a year later. Contains hundreds of sketches and
Borobudur temple image and its contents. Created on the initiative of the Dutch government
sedikitnay involving 3 experts: Leeman, Wilsen and
Brumund. Since this was published monographs, public access
area (particularly Europe) to information becomes open Borobudur
wide. And began to take place in the 'map of world history' and
attract the attention of experts to study more about Candi Borobudur.
Year 1907-1911
The first restoration carried out under
Theodore Van Erp led by the Dutch government funds. Selam
he restoration photo documentation of the temple before it,
during and after restoration and perform data collection and inventory
the number of stupas and relief. But the most prominent is
Van Erp reconstruct the success of Borobudur temple as a whole to become
shape we see today.