Angkor
Sign in to saveAngkor ( , 'capital city'), also known as Yasodharapura (; ), was the capital city of the Khmer Empire, located in present-day Cambodia. The empire flourished from approximately the 9th to the 15th centuries. The site of Angkor has a variety of religious temples, libraries, moats, and other buildings. These other buildings could have been used by officials to the grand palace housing the Khmer king. Those constructed outside the main complex were not made of stone. One of the more visited places in Angkor is Angkor Wat, a temple complex that is one of Cambodia's tourist attractions.
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Angkor was the capital city of the Khmer Empire in present-day Cambodia, flourishing from roughly the 9th to 15th centuries and featuring an impressive array of religious temples, libraries, moats, and administrative buildings. The site remains historically and culturally significant today, with Angkor Wat—one of its temple complexes—standing as one of Cambodia's major tourist attractions.
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- ក្រុងសៀមរាប
- Region
- ខេត្តសៀមរាប
- Country
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32 sectionsContents
- Archaeological overview
- Construction of the buildings in Angkor
- Roads and Canals
- Historical overview
- Seat of the Khmer Empire
- Jayavarman VII
- Zhou Daguan
- End of the Angkorian period
- War with the Ayutthaya Kingdom
- Erosion of the state religion
- Neglect of public works
- Natural disaster
- Restoration, preservation, and threats
- Water-table dropping
- Looting
- Unsustainable tourism
- Religious history
- Pre-Angkorian religion
- Shiva and the lingam
- Vaishnavism
- Mahayana Buddhism
- Hindu restoration
- Religious pluralism
- Theravada Buddhism
- Archaeological sites
- Notable people
- Terms and phrases
- See also
- References
- Bibliography
- Further reading
- External links
Angkor ( , 'capital city'), also known as Yasodharapura (; ), was the capital city of the Khmer Empire, located in present-day Cambodia. The empire flourished from approximately the 9th to the 15th centuries. The site of Angkor has a variety of religious temples, libraries, moats, and other buildings. These other buildings could have been used by officials to the grand palace housing the Khmer king. Those constructed outside the main complex were not made of stone. One of the more visited places in Angkor is Angkor Wat, a temple complex that is one of Cambodia's tourist attractions.
The name Angkor is derived from nokor (), a Khmer word meaning "kingdom" which in turn derived from Sanskrit nagara (), meaning "city". The Angkorian period began in AD 802, when the Khmer Hindu monarch Jayavarman II declared himself a "universal monarch" and "god-king", and lasted until the late 14th century, first falling under Ayutthayan suzerainty in 1351. A Khmer rebellion against Siamese authority resulted in the 1431 sacking of Angkor by Ayutthaya, causing its population to migrate south to Longvek. The alternate name, Yasodharapura, was derived from the name of the foster mother of Lord Krishna in Hinduism this temple was completed around 921. Hinduism was the dominant religion in the ancient Khmer Empire, and many temples constructed by Khmer kings were dedicated to Hindu deities, including Angkor Wat.