Note 69 — Chapter V · MORE OF CENTRAL JAVA

Including, besides the palaces and palace grounds, thickly inhabited little towns. The kraton of Surakarta contains, e.g., more than ten thousand people, all belonging to the imperial family and household, from the princes to their dependents, servants and hangers on: court dignitaries, court functionaries, gold- and silversmiths, wood-carvers, carpenters, masons, musicians, etc. Within its walls is also the imperial mesdjid, a fine, large building with a widely visible gilt roof.