Interesting places in Jakarta premierely are historical sites from ancient Indonesia up to the colonial era besides the modern life facilities which develop very fast in the city. One can see the traces of kingdoms of ancient Indonesia and a spot of Europe from the turn of modern era. The biggest surprised for the Western historians was the fact that historical record in Indonesia showing tremendous level of similarities with those in India, India and Asia mainland in general. The elements of India are the most interesting aspect at one side and the fact of Indonesian ethnography. All these facts had invited various experts to study Indonesia in more intensive and extensive efforts. In the field of history the archaeologists, paleontologists, epigraphists, linguistic, paleographic and ceramologists have dedicated themselves for the light of Indonesian history, educated local students were to understand their culture which had been a great historians such as Prof. Dr. Poerbatjaraka, Prof. Wiryosuparto, Prof Soekarto, Prof. Soekmono, Prof. I.B. Mantra and many others. In the field of Anthropology even more expert were born, although it is much later such as Prof. Koentjaraningrat. Deeper study on Hindu tradition has brought into light the strong influence of Indian Epic such as Mahabharata and Ramayana in the life of Javanese and Balinese. Everywhere in the region of Indonesia were found the remains of ancient Hindu kingdoms and culture. The remains either in the form of monuments and artifacts. This fact has encouraged the establishment of national museum as the center for Indonesian cultural study. See more about Nasional Museum