In a small compass I suppose to have mentioned all that may be discussed about the three buddhistic monuments speaking in this valley, on the two banks of the river PrÅgÅ, of a former high civilisation and of a very developed art.

Those who require, or desire, a better insight into the ancient Buddhism, and those who wish to know more about its sanctuaries to be found here in Java and elsewhere in India, are kindly referred to the works I consulted by the study of this subject, and to those I wrote myself and which have been for the greater part mentioned in or at the bottom of the text of this little book.

Granting Buddhism to have been lost in Java and elsewhere in India,—yet, it still exists, more or less degenerated, still counting more followers than any other religion ever counted, and its lucky freedom from bigotry, especially in the hÎnayÂnistic countries, and noble doctrine of love and self-command is raised above all suspicion[85].

JogjakartÅ, October, November 1906, and 1911.