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Pre Rup (/ ˈ p r ɛ r uː p /; Khmer: ប្រែរូប, Prê Rub) is a Hindu temple at Angkor, Cambodia, built as the state temple of Khmer king Rajendravarman [1]: 116 [2]: 73–74 [3]: 361–364 and dedicated in 961 or early 962. It is a temple mountain of combined brick, laterite and sandstone construction.
The temple was built on a north–south axis with Rajendravarman's state temple, Pre Rup, located about 1,200 meters to the south just outside the baray. The East Mebon also lies on an east–west axis with the palace temple Phimeanakas, another creation of Rajendravarman's reign, located about 6,800 meters due west.
Pre Rup Style (944–968): under King Rajendravarman, the Angkorian Khmer built the temples of Pre Rup,East Mebon]] and Phimeanakas. Their common style is named after the state temple mountain of Pre Rup. Banteay Srei Style (967–1000): Banteay Srei is the only major Angkorian temple constructed not by a monarch, but by a courtier. It is known ...
Ta Keo was the state temple of Jayavarman V, son of Rajendravarman, who had built Pre Rup.Like Pre Rup, it has five sanctuary towers arranged in a quincunx, built on the uppermost level of five-tier pyramid consisting of overlapping terraces (a step pyramid), surrounded by moats, as a symbolic depiction of Mount Meru.
Bakheng, Pre Rup, Banteay Srei, Khleang, Baphuon, Angkor Wat, Bayon and post-Bayon Wat Althea , also called Prasat Vat Althea , is a 12th-century Hindu temple at Angkor , Cambodia with an active Buddhist temple and cemetery adjacent to the walled ancient structure.
960 – Ghantai temple is built in Khajuraho, Chandela kingdom. c. 960–969 – Convent church of St. Cyriakus, Gernrode in the Marca Geronis constructed. 961 – Tiger Hill Pagoda (Yunyan Pagoda or Huqiu Tower) of Suzhou, China is completed (begun in 907). 962 – Pre Rup temple built in Angkor, Cambodia. 963 – Second abbey at Cluny begun.
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He once again took up the extensive building schemes of the earlier kings and established a series of Hindu temples in the Angkor area, such as Pre Rup and the East Mebon, a temple located on an artificial island in the center of the East Baray. Several Buddhist temples and monasteries were also built.