Candi Sungai Batu (Tapak SB1): Kearifan Tempatan dalam Teknologi Pembuatan Bata dan Seni Bina Candi

In looking at the development of the community in Sungai Batu, in particular involving the local wisdom, some clues have been obtained as a result of research conducted especially archaeological research and also scientific analysis. Archaeological research has successfully discovered several important findings, among which are a structure made from bricks that is anticipated to be a stupa, an inscription, furnaces for melting iron, stone tools, and a few other artifacts such as pottery, foreign ceramics, ornaments, beads and glass. Archaeological research has successfully revealed two main cultural layers, namely pre-Buddhist or pre-temple cultural layer that is represented by the findings of stone tools and furnaces for melting iron while the second layer is the cultural layer of a community that had already adopted Buddhism which is represented by the findings of a stupa and inscription. Scientific analysis which involved X-ray fluorescence and X-ray diffraction has proven that the bricks used to build Sungai Batu Temple or Candi used local raw materials and hence the involvement of local people in the construction of this temple cannot be disputed. Several aspects of local wisdom in science and technology as a result of this research in Sungai Batu are how the local people managed to master the techniques of melting and making steel products as early as the 2nd century AD and how they were also skillful in producing bricks and building temples in the 6th century AD, directly proving that the community in Sungai Batu in general and Bujang Valley in particular had already mastered the basis to science and technology