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Angkor Thom (Khmer: អង្គរធំ [ʔɑŋkɔː tʰom]; meaning "Great City"), alternatively Nokor Thom (Khmer: នគរធំ [nɔkɔː tʰom]), located in present-day Cambodia, was the last and most enduring capital city of the Khmer Empire.
Thom (ធំ thum) is a Khmer word meaning "large" (Angkor Thom means "large city"). Varman ( វរ្ម័ន vôrmoăn ) is a suffix, from Sanskrit varman , meaning "shield" or "protector" ( Suryavarman means "protected by Surya, the sun-god").
The Monuments of the Angkor Group. Translated into English from the French, revised 1993 and published online at theangkorguide.com. (The link takes you directly to the section of this work having to do with Angkor Thom and the Bayon.) Jessup, Helen Ibbitson; Brukoff, Barry (2011). Temples of Cambodia - The Heart of Angkor (Hardback). Bangkok ...
Angkor Thom (Khmer: ស្រុកអង្គរធំ) is an administrative district of Siem Reap province, in north western Cambodia.According to the 1998 census ...
The succeeding capitals built in the area were called Yashodharapura. One of those is Angkor Thom, centred on the Bayon temple by King Jayavarman VII (1181-1218AD). In 1352, King U Thong (also known as Ramathibodi I of the Ayutthaya Kingdom) laid siege to it. The Ayutthaya were successful the next year in capturing the city, placing one of ...
Yukio Mishima's final play before his death in 1970 was The Terrace of the Leper King []. [2] The play revolves around King Jayavarman VII returning triumphant from his battle against the Chams and commissions the temple of Bayon.
It is located in Angkor Thom, south of Victory Way, at the end of a track in the jungle which begins some 300 m before the Victory Gate. As it consists of a small ruined shrine on a basement, overgrown with vegetation, it is one of less visited temples of Angkor.
The Baphuon (Khmer: ប្រាសាទបាពួន) is a temple at Angkor, Cambodia.It is located in Angkor Thom, northwest of the Bayon.Also called "golden ...