Angkor: An Introduction to the TemplesAn art historian's guide to the temples of Angkor. Included are background chapters on history, religion and the arts, sections on each temple and sightseeing itineraries around the 35 accessible sites detailed here. The text is illustrated with photographs, maps, plans and elevations. |
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Angkor Period Angkor Thom Angkor Wat apsarās architecture Art Style Bakheng Bakong Banteay Srei Baphuon Baray base Bayon brick Buddha Buddhist built Cambodia carved causeway Central Sanctuary central tower centre Chau Say Tevoda Churchill Candee city of Angkor corners courtyard Date decorated demons depicted east entrance elephant enclosing wall enclosure Enter and leave entry tower false doors feet four Gallery of Bas-reliefs Garuda Guidebook Company Ltd Hindu dedicated inscription Jayavarman VII Kdei Khmer art Kleang Kṛṣṇa laterite laterite wall LAYOUT Leper King lintels lions Location Lolei lotus metres moat monuments Mount mythical Neak Pean palace pediment Phimeanakas Phnom Krom pillars porch Prah Khan Prah Kō Prah Palilay Prasat Pre Rup Prohm Rāma Rāmāyana Rāvaṇa rectangular Roluos sandstone scenes shape side Sītā Śiva square Srah Srang stairway stone surrounded Ta Keo Ta Prohm temple tenth century terrace Thailand Thommanon tiers upper Visnu