. Emergency Medical Services Historical climatology is the study of historical changes in climate and their effect on human history and development The primary sources include written records such as sagas chronicles maps and local history literature as well as pictorial representations such as paintings drawings and even rock art, 1 History The Taruma and Sunda kingdoms of western Java appeared in the 4th and 7th centuries respectively while the Kalingga Kingdom sent embassies to China starting in 640.:53,79 However the first major principality was the Medang Kingdom that was founded in central Java at the beginning of the 8th century Medang's religion centred on the Hindu god Shiva and the kingdom produced some of Java's earliest Hindu temples on the Dieng Plateau Around the 8th century the Sailendra dynasty rose in Kedu Plain and become the patron of Mahayana Buddhism This ancient kingdom built monuments such as the 9th century Borobudur and Prambanan in central Java.
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