NAKARAJAN

  THE SAILENDRA DYNASTY  650 A.D -1025 A.D The Shailendra dynasty ( IAST :  Śailēndra ,  Indonesian pronunciation:  [ʃaɪlenˈdraː]  derived from  Sanskrit  combined words  Śaila  and  Indra , meaning "King of the Mountain", [1]  also spelled Sailendra, Syailendra or Selendra) was the name of a notable  Indianised  dynasty that emerged in 8th-century  Java , whose reign signified a cultural renaissance in the region. [2]  The Shailendras were active promoters of  Mahayana   Buddhism  with the glimpses of  Hinduism , and covered the  Kedu Plain  of  Central Java  with Buddhist  monuments , one of which is the colossal  stupa  of  Borobudur , now a  UNESCO   World Heritage Site . [3] [4] [5] The Shailendras are considered to have been a  thalassocracy  and ruled vast swathes of maritime Southeast Asia, h...