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dc.coverage.spatialSite: Angkor Wat, Siĕm Réab, Cambodiaen_US
dc.coverage.temporalca. 1113-1177 (creation)en_US
dc.creatorunknown (Cambodian)en_US
dc.date1113-1177en_US
dc.date.accessioned2013-09-24T14:50:42Z
dc.date.available2013-09-24T14:50:42Z
dc.date.issued1113-1177en_US
dc.identifier234966en_US
dc.identifier.otherarchrefid: 2521en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1721.3/142401
dc.descriptionDetail of the Samudra manthan relief; the demons (asuras) pull on the body of Vasuki, the king of serpents; Angkor Wat is a Hindu temple complex at Angkor, Cambodia, built for the king Suryavarman II in the early 12th century as his state temple and part of his capital city. (The Angkorian period dates 802-1432). As the best-preserved temple at the site, it is the only one to have remained a significant religious centre since its foundation--first Hindu, dedicated to the god Vishnu, then Buddhist. Angkor Wat combines two basic plans of Khmer temple architecture: the temple mountain and the later galleried temple, based on early South Indian Hindu architecture. It is designed to represent Mount Meru, home of the devas in Hindu mythology: within a moat and an outer wall 3.6 kilometres (2.2 mi) long are three rectangular galleries, each raised above the next. At the centre of the temple stands a quincunx of towers. Unlike most Angkorian temples, Angkor Wat is oriented to the west (because of its original dedication to Vishnu). The lower gallery (third enclosure) of the temple precinct, barely 5 m wide, is bordered on the outside by a double row of columns. On the inside, however, is a stone wall on which the reliefs are carved running round the entire temple complex. They are about 2 m high and more than 500 m long and cover an area of well over 1000 sq. m. The relief is so shallow that they have been described as "frescoes in stone", and originally they may indeed have been partly painted. A UNESCO World Heritage Site. Source: Wikipedia; http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page (accessed 7/30/2012)en_US
dc.format.mediumsandstone; brick; lateriteen_US
dc.rights© Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.en_US
dc.subjectarchitectureen_US
dc.subjectdeitiesen_US
dc.subjectrulers and leadersen_US
dc.subjectHinduen_US
dc.subjectBuddhisten_US
dc.subjectKhmeren_US
dc.subjectKhmersen_US
dc.subjectAngkoreanen_US
dc.subjectSuryavarman IIen_US
dc.titleAngkor Wat [site]en_US
dc.title.alternativePrasat Angkor Waten_US
dc.title.alternativeAngkor Vaten_US
dc.typeimageen_US
dc.rights.accessLicensed for educational and research use by the MIT community onlyen_US
dc.identifier.vendorcode1A2-CB-AW-I7en_US
vra.culturalContextCambodianen_US
vra.techniqueconstruction (assembling), carving (processes)en_US
vra.worktypehistoric siteen_US
vra.worktypetempleen_US
dc.contributor.displayunknown (Cambodian)en_US


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