Gunung Kawi

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the evidence of ashes found on the site, that the candis decorated with reliefs were the tombs of princes and princesses of divine status. Intensive research has shown this theory to be untenable, for closer examination of the ashes indicated that in all probability they came from the bones of animals sacrificed here to the spirits of the underworld.

Following the narrow path which runs down to the site from Tampaksiring, visitors first encounter a group of four monuments (perhaps for Anak's four concubines?). On the other bank of the stream, which here flows through scenery of particular beauty, is a further complex of buildings. To the left is a group of five monuments, one of which, higher than the others, may possibly be that of Anak Wungsu. To the right is a group of monks' cells known as the First Monastery, in the center of which is a monolith of unknown significance. Farther down the gorge of the Pakerisan is a tenth monument (perhaps for a high official of Anak's court?). Above the east bank of the river and to the south of the tenth monument are two other groups of cells hewn from the rock, the Second and Third Monasteries.