According to Indonesian government spokesmen, the center of Javanese culture later moved to east Java, and Borobudur was comparatively neglected.
後來發展重心漸移至東爪哇，佛羅浮屠隨之沒落；又在一次火山爆發中，被岩漿淹沒，經百餘年後，岩漿風化，上面長起野草與雜樹，佛羅浮屠就完全被遺忘了。