... examples of the classical Hindu architecture that remains synonymous with the Khmer empire. The initial construction of the temple complex began in the twelfth century AD and is estimated to have continued for the next fifty years. Built by the Khmer king Suryavarman the second, the ... most ambitious Khmer monument in the empire's history. However, following the king's death in 1150 AD, a date which has been confirmed via written accounts from the time, the laboring that had gone uninterrupted at Angkor for five decades halted. The temple and much of the complex was abruptly ... since ...

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