Face-tower of the South Gate, showing Avalokiteshvara

Bayon temple, Angkor Thom

The Terrace of the Leper King, showing apsara

Angkor Thom was the fortified inner royal city built by Jayavarman VII (1181 - 1220?), Buddhist king of the Khmer Empire, at the end of the 12th Century, after Angkor had been conquered and destroyed by the Chams. This is a file from the Wikimedia Commons, a repository of free content hosted by the Wikimedia Foundation. ... This is a file from the Wikimedia Commons, a repository of free content hosted by the Wikimedia Foundation. ... In Mahayana Buddhism, Avalokitesvara or Avalokiteshvara is a bodhisattva who embodies the compassion of all Buddhas. ... Download high resolution version (425x640, 88 KB)http://www. ... Download high resolution version (425x640, 88 KB)http://www. ... Categories: Stub | Architecture of Cambodia | Tourism of Cambodia ... Download high resolution version (2592x1944, 1977 KB)The five-tiered platform knwn as the Terrace of the Leper King File links The following pages link to this file: Angkor Thom Categories: Images with unknown source ... Download high resolution version (2592x1944, 1977 KB)The five-tiered platform knwn as the Terrace of the Leper King File links The following pages link to this file: Angkor Thom Categories: Images with unknown source ... Categories: Stub | 1181 births | 1219 deaths | Cambodian monarchs ... Events Jayavarman VII assumes control of the Khmer kingdom. ... Centuries: 12th century - 13th century - 14th century Decades: 1170s 1180s 1190s 1200s 1210s - 1220s - 1230s 1240s 1250s 1260s 1270s Years: 1215 1216 1217 1218 1219 - 1220 - 1221 1222 1223 1224 1225 See also: 1220 state leaders The world in 1220 Middle Ages in Europe Fifth Crusade (1217-1221) Events Mongols... Statues of Buddha such as this, the Tian Tan Buddha statue in Hong Kong, remind followers to practice right living. ... The Khmer Empire was a powerful kingdom based in what is now Cambodia. ... (11th century - 12th century - 13th century - other centuries) As a means of recording the passage of time, the 12th century was that century which lasted from 1101 to 1200. ... Angkor viewed from space The Bayon temple at Angkor Angkor is the ancient capital of the Khmer empire (history) which thrived from the 9th century to 15th century CE. Its ruins are located in forests to the north of the Great Lake (Tonle Sap), near present day Siem Reap, Cambodia... Cham statue from Cham Museum in Danang, Vietnam The Cham people are descendants of the kingdom of Champa. ...

It lies on the right bank of the river Siem Reap, a tributary of Tonle Sap, about a quarter of a mile from the river. Categories: Southeast Asia geography stubs | Provinces of Cambodia ... NASA satellite image of the Tonle Sap (the Great Lake) The Tonlé Sap (meaning Large Fresh Water River but more commonly translated as Great Lake) is a combined lake and river system of huge importance to Cambodia. ...

The royal city was built as a quadrangle, nearly 2 miles in each direction, surrounded by a 1000 meter moat and an 8 metres high wall. According to Aymonier it was begun about 860 and finished towards 900. Within the enclosure, which is entered by five monumental gates, are the remains of palaces, temples, and other ruins overgrown by the forest. The chief of these are: Events First attack on Constantinople by Swedish Vikings (the Rus, see Varangians). ... For other uses, see number 900. ...

1. The vestiges of the royal palace, which had been built during the reign of Suryavarman I 150 years earlier. It stood within an enclosure containing also the pyramidal religious structure known as the Phimeanakas. To the east of this enclosure there extends a terrace decorated with magnificent reliefs.
2. Extending north from the eastern gate of the royal palace are two magnificent terraces- the Terrace of the Elephants and the Terrace of the Leper King. The Terrace of the Elephants served as a viewing platform for royal parties and was decorated with elaborate reliefs, depicting both elephants and garuda (a mythical creature taking on the shape of a humanoid bird). The Terrace of the Leper King is located to the north of the Terrace of the Elephants. Atop this decorative platform stands a recently restored statue. Some argue that the statue is the likeness of Yama, the Hindu god of death. Yet, surrounding this statue to each of the cardinal directions are four lesser statues, each facing away from the central statue. Because of this, recent scholarship believe the statue is the likeness of a Khmer ruler who allegedly died of leprosy- either Yasovarman I or Jayavarman VII.
3. The temple of Bayon, Jayavarman VII's state temple. It is a square enclosure formed by galleries with colonnades, within which is another and more elaborate system of galleries, rectangular in arrangement and enclosing a cruciform structure, at the centre of which rises a huge tower with a circular base. Fifty towers, decorated with quadruple faces of the Buddha, are built at intervals upon the galleries, and the inside walls are covered with reliefs of kings and town life, the whole temple ranking as perhaps the most remarkable of the Khmer remains.

Its buildings also included the Heavenly Palace where the king spent the first part of each night engaged in sexual intercourse with the Sun Queen, according to legend. Garuda (also called Krut, Thailand: Pha Krut), the eagle, is a lesser Hindu and Buddhist god, the mount (vahanam) of Vishnu, one of the main forms of God in Hinduism. ... Yama is the Hindu Lord of death whose first recorded appearance is in the Vedas. ... Khmer ruler during the end of the ninth century AD (circa 889-915 AD). ... Categories: Stub | 1181 births | 1219 deaths | Cambodian monarchs ... Categories: Stub | Architecture of Cambodia | Tourism of Cambodia ... Categories: Stub | 1181 births | 1219 deaths | Cambodian monarchs ... A stone image of the Buddha. ... The flag of the Khmer Rouge Party The Khmer Rouge (Khmer: Khmaey Krahom French: Khmers Rouges) (Also known as: Communist Paty of Kampuchea, CPK, Khmer Communist party, National Army of Democratic Kampuchea, PDK and by the official names Communist Party of Cambodia then later Party of Democratic Kampuchea) were a...

See also

• Khmer Empire
• Angkor

The Khmer Empire was a powerful kingdom based in what is now Cambodia. ... Angkor viewed from space The Bayon temple at Angkor Angkor is the ancient capital of the Khmer empire (history) which thrived from the 9th century to 15th century CE. Its ruins are located in forests to the north of the Great Lake (Tonle Sap), near present day Siem Reap, Cambodia...

External link

• Bayon  (http://www.leidenuniv.nl/pun/ubhtm/mjk/bayon.htm)

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