Editing Pyramid (section)

==== Indonesia ====
[[File:Borobudur-Nothwest-view.jpg|thumb|right|[[Borobudur]], [[Central Java]], Indonesia]]
[[File:Candi Sukuh 2007.JPG|thumb|[[Candi Sukuh]] in [[Java]], Indonesia]]
[[Austronesian people|Austronesian]] [[megalithic]] culture in [[Indonesia]] featured earth and stone [[step pyramid]] structures called ''punden berundak.'' These were discovered in Pangguyangan near Cisolok<ref>{{cite web | title = Pangguyangan | work = Dinas Pariwisata dan Budaya Provinsi Jawa Barat | url = http://www.disparbud.jabarprov.go.id/wisata/dest-det.php?id=878&lang=id | language = id | access-date = 2017-05-17 | archive-date = 2019-12-24 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20191224184236/http://www.disparbud.jabarprov.go.id/wisata/dest-det.php?id=878&lang=id | url-status = dead }}</ref> and in Cipari near Kuningan.<ref>{{cite book | title = Hasil Pemugaran dan Temuan Benda Cagar Budaya PJP I | author1 =I.G.N. Anom | author2 = Sri Sugiyanti | author3 = Hadniwati Hasibuan | editor1 = Maulana Ibrahim | editor2 = Samidi | publisher =  Direktorat Jenderal Kebudayaan | year = 1996 | url = https://books.google.com/books?id=BjXkCgAAQBAJ&q=Punden+Berundak+Cipari&pg=PA87 | page = 87 | language = id}}</ref> The stone pyramids were based on beliefs that mountains and high places were the abode for the spirit of the [[ancestors]].<ref>{{cite book | title = Sendratari mahakarya Borobudur | author = Timbul Haryono | publisher = Kepustakaan Populer Gramedia | year = 2011 | isbn = 9789799103338 | url = https://books.google.com/books?id=I4hFie9yqtEC&q=Punden+Berundak+Borobudur&pg=PA14 | language = id | page = 14}}</ref>

The step pyramid is the basic design of the 8th century [[Borobudur]] Buddhist monument in [[Central Java]].<ref>{{cite book | title = Pengantar Sejarah Kebudayaan Indonesia 2 | author = R. Soekmono | publisher = Kanisius | year = 2002 | isbn = 9789794132906 | url = https://books.google.com/books?id=Ua_L2i3HgOIC&q=punden+berundak+borobudur&pg=PA87 | page = 87 | language = id }}{{Dead link|date=May 2023 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> However later Java temples were influenced by Indian [[Hindu architecture]], as exemplified by the spires of [[Prambanan]] temple. In the 15th century, during late [[Majapahit]] period,  Java saw the revival of indigenous Austronesian elements as displayed by [[Candi Sukuh|Sukuh]] temple that somewhat resemble Mesoamerican pyramids, and also stepped pyramids of Mount Penanggungan.<ref>{{cite book | title = Candi Indonesia: Seri Jawa: Indonesian-English, Volume 1 dari Candi Indonesia, Indonesia. Direktorat Pelestarian Cagar Budaya dan Permuseuman, Seri Jawa | author1 = Edi Sedyawati | author2 = Hariani Santiko | author3 = Hasan Djafar | author4 = Ratnaesih Maulana | author5 = Wiwin Djuwita Sudjana Ramelan | author6 = Chaidir Ashari | publisher = Direktorat Jenderal Kebudayaan | year = 2013 | isbn = 9786021766934 | url = https://books.google.com/books?id=MsLiCQAAQBAJ&q=punden+berundak+candi&pg=PA344| author1-link = Edi Sedyawati }}</ref>