The Khmer empire
Subtitle: cities and sanctuaries, fifth to the thirteenth centuries
By: Claude Jacques, Philippe Lafond ; [translated from the French by Tom White].
Contributors: Lafond, Philippe.
Publisher: River Books
Published: 2007
Place of publication: Bangkok
Language: eng
Number of pages: 279
ISBN-13: 9789749863305
Subjects: Sculpture, Khmer; Architecture, Khmer; Cambodia -- History -- To 800; Cambodia -- History -- 800-1444; Cambodia -- Antiquities
Work titles: Empire Khmer.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 271) and index.
Table of contents: title: Preface / David Chandler; title: Country and people; title: Funan : a major early Southeast Asian state; title: The dawning of Khmer history : Zhenla; title: The beginning of the Khmer Empire and the Koh Ker episode; title: The eleventh century : Preah Vihear, Phnom Chisor, Ta Muen, Muang Tam; title: Masters of iron and fire : Preah Khan of Kompong Svay; title: The golden age of Khmer architecture : the Angkor Wat period; title: Bayon art and architecture beyond Angkor.