GUNUNG SEBAGAI LOKASI SITUS-SITUS KEAGAMAAN DAN SKRIPTORIA MASA SUNDA KUNO

Abstract

This research aimed to reconstruct the concept, value, and implication of mount as sacred landscape in Ancient Sunda period. The research used bibliographical method which combine the information interpretation from secondary philology and epigraphical sources with previous done archaeological researches. The result shows that mount and mountain in general used as a sacred and holy landscape in Ancient Sunda period. This conception then represented by the existence of religious sites and scriptoria at the mount as a symbol to decrease the spiritual and intelectual distance with the deities and Supreme Being. Several mounts has been mentioned on written sources and need further archaeological research as a crosscheck confirmation in the future.

Keywords

• ancient sunda, mount, religious sites, scriptoria