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dc.coverage.spatialSite: Bakong (Phumĭ Rôluŏs Chăs, Siĕm Réab, Cambodia)en_US
dc.coverage.temporaldedicated 881 (creation)en_US
dc.creatorunknown (Cambodian)en_US
dc.date850-881en_US
dc.date.accessioned2013-12-19T17:02:54Z
dc.date.available2013-12-19T17:02:54Z
dc.date.issued850-881en_US
dc.identifier242108en_US
dc.identifier.otherarchrefid: 2752en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1721.3/150397
dc.descriptionPathway between enclosure all on the right and the tower area, with pergola arching overhead; Roluos is a modern Cambodian small town and an archeological site about 13 km east of Siem Reap. Once the seat of Hariharalaya, the first capital of the Khmer Empire north of Tonlé Sap. Among the "Rolous Group" of temples is the most impressive, the Bakong complex, whose central pyramid stands 14 meters tall. Constructed by the third Angkorian-era king Indravarman I as his state-temple (to house the royal liṅga Indreshvara), Bakong represents the first reasonably complete temple-mountain architectural formula on a grand scale and set the architectural tone for the next 400 years. The temple displays a very early use of stone rather than brick (brick was used in the 22 smaller satellite tower-sanctuaries between the two moats.) Bakong received additions and was expanded by later kings. The uppermost section and tower were added in the 12th century. Source: Grove Art Online; http://www.oxfordartonline.com/ (accessed 4/29/2013)en_US
dc.format.mediumsandstone; laterite; bricken_US
dc.rights© Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.en_US
dc.subjectarchitectureen_US
dc.subjectrulers and leadersen_US
dc.subjectHinduismen_US
dc.subjectShivaen_US
dc.subjectlingaen_US
dc.subjectlingamen_US
dc.subjectdevarāja culten_US
dc.subjectAngkoreanen_US
dc.titleBakong [site]en_US
dc.typeimageen_US
dc.rights.accessLicensed for educational and research use by the MIT community onlyen_US
dc.identifier.vendorcode1A2-CB-BA-A39en_US
vra.culturalContextCambodianen_US
vra.techniquecarving (processes), construction (assembling)en_US
vra.worktypehistoric siteen_US
vra.worktypetempleen_US
vra.worktypeexcavation (site)en_US
dc.contributor.displayunknown (Cambodian)en_US


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