Where is Lembah Bujang? The Bujang V alley or Lemba h Bujang is a sprawling historical c omplex and has an area of approximately 224 m2! "ituated near #erbo$ %edah$ between &unung 'erai in the north and #uda (i)er in the south$ it is the richest archaeological area in #alaysia! What was there before? *nce the site was an empire now as the "ri)ijaya +mpier $ an #alay ingdom dating se)eral centuries until the early ,2 th century$ this is the richest archaeological! These arc haeological r emains show that there was a -indu.Buddhist polity here! /n sansrit the term bhujanga refer to serpent$ thus the name itself is roughly translated into 0"erpent Valley0!The area consists of ruins that may date more than 2111 years old! #ore than fty ancient tomb temples$ called candi 3pronounce 0chandi0$ ha)e also been unearthed! The most impressi)e and well.preser)ed of these is located in 5engalan Bujang$ #erbo! The Bujang Valley 6rchaeological #useum is also located here! /n the area of Bujang Valley nown as "ungai Batu$ exca)ation ha)e re)ealed jetty remains$ iron smelting sites$ and a clay bric monument dating bac to ,,167$ maing it the oldest man.made structure to be recorded in "outheast 6sia! What is there now ? *n , 7ecember 21,8$ it was reported that$ a ,$211.year.old -indu Temple at the site$ identied as 9andi :o! ,,$ had been demolished by a land de)eloper!9andi ,, was one of the most ancient of the old %edah ingdom and was amongst ,; registered candi! /n the face of public criticism$ the %edah "tate &o)ernmen t sought to de<ect blame by claiming that it was