the period before the enlightenment was called age of enlightenment.
what was the period before the enlightenment called?
age of enlightenment
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the parts written in sanskrit mentioned about a king named samaratungga. his daughter named pramodhawardhani has inaugurated a "jinalaya" (sanskrit meaning:jain temple and the realm of those have conquer worldly desire and reach enlightenment called jina which is also a common epithet of the buddha which is most likely the intended meaning here ), a sacred jina sanctuary. the inscription also mentioned a sacred buddhist building called "venuvana" (sankirt: bamboo forest) to place the cremated ashes of 'king of the cloud', the name for god indra, probably referred to king indra of sailendra dynasty. "jinalaya" was identified as borobudur. "venuvana" was identified as mendut temple by dutch archaeologist jg de casparis, while soekmono identified it with ngawen temple instead.
karangtengah inscription