Reliefs Of Indonesian History

The monument in the courtyard outside the circle, each corner, there is a great relief Indonesian history. The story begins in a north-eastern corner, and describes the ancient glory of the entire Indonesian archipelago, with ancient history, this is especially true Singhasari and Majapahit. Relief in the southeast, southwest and northwest corners, chronologically Products European colonization, the Indonesian archipelago, a popular local uprisings, the modern organization of Indonesia in the 20th century, the Japanese occupation during the Second World War The Declaration of Independence, the Indonesian national revolution and post-independence develelopments. Reliefs and statues were made of cast concrete, but many of these statues were damaged and decayed due to heavy rains and the tropical climate.

Inside the base of the monument there is the Indonesian National History Museum, located three meters below the surface of the monument. It is a great marble hall measures 80 x 80 meters with 48 dioramas along the walls depicting scenes on the side of Indonesian history from prehistoric times until further notice, plus three other dioramas in the middle of the room, for a total of 51 dioramas. The dioramas begins at the north-east, and shows the history of Indonesia from prehistoric times, came the era of ancient kingdoms such as Srivijaya and Majapahit, European colonization and local revolt against the VOC and India Dutch rule. The dioramas will continue in the 20th century, the Japanese occupation, the proclamation of Indonesian independence in 1945 to fight for Indonesian independence and revolution in the era of New Order regime of Suharto.