Category: hinduism
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Bakong
881 AD Indravarman I Hindu (Shiva). A temple mountain enclosed within a laterite wall and two moats – the third suchtemple after Ak Yum and Rong Cheng (at Phnom Kulen to the north east) and the first to make extensive use of sandstone. The central sanctuary in the Angkor Wat style, which was probably built…
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Ta Prohm Kel
End of 12th century Jayavarman VII Buddhist. A lone sandstone tower within a single ruined laterite enclosure. The stele discovered at Ta Prohm in 1928 gives details of 102 hospitals established by Jayavarman VII. This building is probably the chapel of one of these. One stands outside each of the cardinal gates to Angkor Thom.…
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Ak Yum
Beginning of 7th century, Hindu. A small three tiered brick pyramid with primary elements in sandstone, still mostly buried under the 11th century dike of the western baray. Thought to be central to the first ancient capital city, inscriptions give the dates 609 AD, 704 AD and 1001 AD. Not much remains. More at ‘The…
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The Angkor Survey
There are over a hundred major temple sites to be visited in and around Siem Reap – the religious remains of a series of cities during the Khmer Empire era, built by a succession of kings from around the 7th to the 13th centuries. The following is a survey of the Angkor archeological region during…
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Banteay Samre
Beginning of 12th century Suryavarman II Hindu (Vishnu). A finely proportioned temple from the classic period, undated but perhaps a little later than Angkor Wat. Dismantled and reconstructed between 1936 and 1944. More at ‘The Angkor Survey‘. View Larger Map