Baksei Chamkrong, east view

ASU Libraries undertakes research and accepts public comments that enhance the information we hold about images in our collections. If you can identify a landmark or person please send details to: digitalrepository@asu.edu. Thank you for helping describe and caption this important historical image.The object depicted in the image is made of the following material(s): brick, lateriteInformation about the beginning date of the object depicted in the image: 921Information about the completion date of the object depicted in the image: 947Information about the restoration of the object depicted in the image: Cleared 1919 and 1954Baksei Chamkrong stands at the foot of Phnom Bakheng. The temple was the only pyramid temple at Angkor that was not a state temple; it was built by Harshavarman I (c.915-923), son of Yasovarman I (889-c.915), to house statues of Siva and Devi, and was dedicated to the memory of Harshavarman’s parents.Source for information about the object depicted in the image: Jessup, Helen Ibbitson. Art and Architecture of Cambodia. London: Thames & Hudson, 2004. Freeman M. and C. Jacques. Ancient Angkor. London: Thames and Hudson, 1999.To request permission to publish please complete the form located at the Department of Archives and Special Collections web site: http://hdl.handle.net/2286/7f5bakntwx1