Great dynasty in the archipelago in the period circa AD 750-850 there are two major dynasties that inhabit the central part of Java Island which we now know as Central Java. This region there are two dominant dynasty ruled in turns, ie Wangsa Sanjaya and Sailendra dynasty. Middle region of northern Java Sanjaya dynasty which ruled Hindus, while the central region of the southern part of Java controlled Buddhist Sailendra dynasty.

The two forces have made great dynasty cand-two temples in this region has two features that are very different from each other. Both great dynasty is finally united with a marriage between Rakai Pikatan of Sanjaya dynasty and the daughter of Maharaja Samarattungga Pramodawardhani of the dynasty dynasty. The marriage occurred in about AD 838-851.

Hindu Mataram kingdom which had triumphed in the southern region of Central Java, which is currently the Special Region of Yogyakarta has many Hindu and patterned enshrinement fraction patterned Buddhist temples. After the death of King Sana helm of Sanjaya dynasty of Mataram Kingdom Rakai Pikatan followed by a prince of Sanjaya Dynasty.

Since Rakai Pikatan ascended the throne, Since it influences the character of the Hindu Sanjaya began dominant in Mataram, replacing Buddhism dominant in the central region of the southern part of Java. Rakai power Pikatan end the dominance of Buddhism in Mataram. This is impacting on the building cand-existing temple and made ​​in the era of power on Earth Pikatan Rakai Mataram Hindu.

In the 920 years that the ruling in the Hindu Kingdom of Mataram king Tulodong, at this time built a huge monumental temple, now we know named Prambanan. Prambanan is the largest Hindu temple complex in Southeast Asia. At this time, the Ramayana literature written in Kawi language.

Temples temples in Yogyakarta Special Region, there are two kinds of patterns are patterned patterned Hindu and Buddhist temples temples in Yogyakarta region is now mostly made of andesite stone, only one of which is now known that the red brick temple Abang.

Building nuanced enshrinement of Buddha among others Kalasan, Banyunibo, and Candi Sari. Building enshrinement more nuanced Hindu dominant in Yogyakarta after Rakai Pikatan possibility as early ruler of Mataram Hindu temple construction was made by the Government Hindu Mataram.