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Angkor Bakong temple city

Type Object Region Southeast Asia Time c. 650–700

The Angkor Bakong temple city refers to the early Angkor sacred city zone centered on Bakong temple in the Roluos area northeast of Cambodia's Tonle …

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  1. c. 650–675Roluos plain · CambodiaDuring the division and reunification of Chenla, the Roluos area became one of the royal ritual and administrative centers, with early brick temples and settlements emerging, linked to the agricultural zone of the Tonle Sap Lake.
  2. c. 675–700Original site area of Bakong temple · Siem Reap ProvinceIn the late Chenla period, reservoirs, canals, and temple axes were developed at Roluos, forming an embryonic 'sacred mountain–capital' spatial paradigm that provided the hydraulic and religious framework for the later Bakong temple city and the expansion of the Angkor capital.

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