Bakong
Temple mountain of sandstone in Angkor, Cambodia / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Bakong (Khmer: បាគង [ɓaːkɔːŋ]) is the first Khmer temple mountain of sandstone constructed by rulers of the Khmer Empire at Angkor near modern Siem Reap in Cambodia. In the final decades of the 9th century AD, it served as the official state temple of King Indravarman I in the ancient city of Hariharalaya, located in an area that today is called Roluos.
Bakong | |
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បាគង | |
Religion | |
Affiliation | Hinduism |
Deity | Shiva |
Location | |
Location | Hariharalaya, Roluos, Siem Reap |
Country | Cambodia |
Geographic coordinates | 13.335987°N 103.974116°E / 13.335987; 103.974116 |
Architecture | |
Type | Khmer |
Creator | Indravarman I |
Completed | 881 A.D. |
The structure of Bakong took shape of stepped pyramid, popularly identified as temple mountain of early Khmer temple architecture. The striking similarity of the Bakong and Borobudur temple in Java, going into architectural details such as the gateways and stairs to the upper terraces, suggests strongly that Borobudur was served as the prototype of Bakong. Contact is inferred to have occurred between the Khmer kingdom and the Sailendra dynasty in Java, who would have transmitted to Cambodia not only ideas, but also technical and architectural details of Borobudur, including arched gateways in corbelling method.[1]