Some uncertainties still exist concerning the cultural history of Central Java in the 8th to 9th Centuries, and various theories have been expressed by historians and archaeologists utilizing ancient Chinese documents and inscriptions excavated since the last century from several places in Southeast Asia and India. One of the purposes of this paper is to attempt to narrow down these uncertainties by analyzing the architectural styles of the "Candi", the ancient religious monuments of Hindu-Javanese Art, together with the relationship between their differing styles and their geographical distribution and, at the same time, by tracing their origins in Indian architectural history. Furthermore, it aims finally at suggesting a new hypothesis on architectural history in the Central Javanese Period of Hindu-Javanese Art by a consideration of the following factors : 1) Enlargement of a monument as an ancient custom of Indian religious architecture. 2) Confirmation of the existence in ancient time of the now lost Candi Banon in the Kedu Basin. 3) New discovery of Candi Sambisari in the recent excavation of the Prambanan Plain.

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