History of Ratu Boko Palace Site
 Ratu Boko temple is a building that was supposed to historians has multiple functions which consists of several components, namely the fortress palace (palace) and the cave. Kraton Ratu Boko site can be reached by road from Yogyakarta Yogyakarta, Solo, more or less at Km 17 or T-junction turn right Prambanan distance of 3 Km. Complex site or Kraton Ratu Boko Palace is located on a hilltop with a height of about 196 or exactly 195 meters, 97 meters above sea level, occupies an area of ​​250,000 m 2. Kraton Ratu Boko Boko is located on the Mount, about 19 kilometers east of Yogyakarta city (towards Wonosari), from the west of the city of Solo, about 50 kilometers and approximately 3 kilometers from the Prambanan Temple to the south. Ratu Boko complex has a unique and distinctive charm. Because of its location in the highlands, then here is a scene of stunning. In the north and Candi Prambanan Kalasan with a background view of Mount Merapi, a village atmosphere with verdant rice fields all around. In addition, the south, when the weather is sunny, in the distance, faintly visible to the South Coast. eraton Ratu Boko until now is still a mystery that can not be explained when and by whom the name was given. The word comes from the Palace The Queen's, which means palace or residence queen or king meant well, while Boko means crane (bird-). It is still a question who the real King Stork, whether the rulers of that era, or the name of a bird in the sense Ratoe Boko. stana Ratu Boko is unique among other historical relics. Other buildings are in a temple or shrine, as the name implies, the palace or the palace shows the characteristics of a place to live. This is evident from the rest of the buildings in this complex form of the pillars pemancang although now only a shelf of stone building andesite, indicating that there is a building which formerly stood on it made of wood. There are also a vast canyon lands and the fertile south to the farm and in Boko Hill as there are pools of water storage reservoir that is small to large. From the site itself is evidence of the oldest dates to 792 BC in the form of inscriptions Abhayagiriwihara. The inscription mentions a figure named Tejahpurnpane Panamkorono. Expected, he is Rakai Panangkaran that was mentioned in the inscription of the year 779 AD Kalasan, Mantyasih inscription AD 907, and the inscription of the Middle Wanua III in 908 AD. Panangkaran Rakai was the one who built the temple of Borobudur, Sewu, and Kalasan. However Ratu Boko is still shrouded in mystery. Not yet known when it was built, by whom, for what, and so forth. People just expect it's a palace building. Unlike the other buildings of the classical Central Java, Ratu Boko has a character and its own privileges. The remains of classical buildings of Central Java in general form of the temple (shrine / temple), is a relic in the Ratu Boko show not only sacred building (temple), but also other buildings that are profane. Keprofanan nature is shown by the remains of the former is a residential building with pillars and roof are made of wood, but now only part-baturnya shelf are made of stone. In addition to buildings that demonstrate the nature of sacred and profane, in the Ratu Boko is also found for other building types, namely in the form of ponds and caves. Boko Palace is the building stronghold Balaputradewa or Kayuwangi Rakai, Rakai Pikatan youngest son. Allegedly assaulted by Rakai Rakai Kayuwangi Walaing Puhuyaboni, great-grandson Sanjaya who feel more entitled to the throne than Pikatan Rakai, Rakai Pikatan merely because of Pramodharwani husband, Crown princess Samarottungga Buddhist. In Rakai Walaing tersbut battle was repelled and forced to flee over the hills Ratu Boko and make fortifications there. But in the end Kraton Boko can be attacked and occupied the Rakai Kayuwangi deliberately damage the inscription that contains genealogies Walaing Rakai, by eliminating the part containing the names of father, grandfather and great-grandfather Walaing Rakai. Ratu Boko is a building that was supposed to historians has multiple functions which consists of several components, namely the fortress palace (palace) and the cave. Ratu Boko site can be reached by road from Yogyakarta Yogyakarta and Solo. Ratu Boko complex is located on a hilltop with a height of about 196 or exactly 195 meters, 97 meters above sea level, occupies an area of ​​250,000 m 2. Kraton Ratu Boko is located approximately 19 kilometers east of Yogyakarta city (towards Wonosari), from the west of the city of Solo, about 50 kilometers and approximately 3 kilometers from the Prambanan Temple to the south. Ratu Boko complex has a unique and distinctive charm. Because of its location in the highlands, then here is a scene of stunning. In the north and Candi Prambanan Kalasan with a background view of Mount Merapi, a village atmosphere with verdant rice fields all around. In addition, the south, when the weather is sunny, in the distance, faintly visible to the South Coast. Ratu Boko complex until now is still a mystery that can not be explained when and by whom the name was given. It is still a question who the real King Stork, whether the rulers of that era, or the name of a bird in the sense of Ratu Boko. Queen Boko Palace is unique among other historical relics. Other buildings are in a temple or shrine, as the name implies, the palace or the palace shows the characteristics of a place to live. This is evident from the rest of the buildings in this complex form of the poles, although now only a shelf of stone building andesite, indicating that there is a building which formerly stood on it made of wood. There are also a vast canyon lands and the fertile south to the farm and in Boko Hill as there are pools of water storage reservoir that is small to large. at Ratu Boko found the oldest evidence dates to 792 BC in the form of inscriptions Abhayagiriwihara. The inscription mentions a figure named Tejahpurnpane Panamkorono. Expected, he is Rakai Panangkaran touted in the year 779 AD Kalasan Inscription, Inscription Mantyasih 907 AD, and the inscription of the Middle Wanua III in 908 AD. Panangkaran Rakai was the one who built the temple of Borobudur, Sewu, and Kalasan. However Ratu Boko is still shrouded in mystery. Not yet known when it was built, by whom, for what, and so forth. People just expect it's a palace building. Unlike the other buildings of the classical Central Java, Ratu Boko complex and has a distinctive character. Keprofanan nature is shown by the remains of the former is a residential building with pillars and roof are made of wood, but now only part-baturnya shelf are made of stone. In addition to buildings that demonstrate the nature of sacred and profane, in the complex Ratu Boko also found another building, which is a pond and a cave. Boko Palace building a bastion Balaputradewa or Kayuwangi Rakai, Rakai Pikatan youngest son. Allegedly assaulted by Rakai Rakai Kayuwangi Walaing Puhuyaboni, great-grandson Sanjaya who feel more entitled to the throne than Pikatan Rakai, Rakai Pikatan merely because of Pramodharwani husband, Crown princess Samarottungga Buddhist. The interesting thing Ratu Boko complex, but also Buddhist relics found objects such as archaeological relics of Hindu phallus, the yoni, durga statues and ganesha. Although founded by a Buddhist, Kraton Ratu Boko site is a combination of Buddhist and Hindu, it can be seen from the existing forms, which are usually found in Buddhist temples, but there are also three small temples as elements of Hinduism, with the Linga and Yoni, a statue of Goddess Durga, and Ganesha, and a gold plate that reads "Om Rudra ya namah swaha" as a form of worship of the god Rudra is another name for Lord Shiva. The existence of Hindu elements that prove the existence of religious tolerance that is reflected in architectural works.According to location, building on the site Ratu Boko can be grouped into five, namely:A. Main gate, located west of the cluster consisting of the Main Gate I and II, a relatively long bridge, fence, burning temples, and ruins.2. Paseban, consisting of two pieces of stone paseban, relatively long bridge and the fence gate and a few paseban including stacks of stone.3. Princess, was in a lower page, consisting of two shelf, rectangular pond, fence and gate.4. Gazebo, made up of the hall and peringgitan shelf surrounded by three stone fence gate as an entrance, a miniature temple surrounded by a rectangular terraces, some water ponds surrounded by a fence equipped with a relatively long bridge structure gapuranyadan given a fence on top of it .5. Cave, consisting of Lanang Cave, Cave Wadon, tandor tub of water, and natural rock stairs

Inscriptions are found also seems difficult to serve as a resource to find out the function of the temple on this one. The writings found there indicates that Ratu Boko only exist in the century between 8-9. Inscriptions from the 8th century is generally the establishment of a shrine containing the Buddha, while the 9th century on the establishment of local Hindu shrine. But because there are no inscriptions which explicitly mentions the function of any existing building, the Ratu Boko is still a mystery until now.