Banteay Samre, central sanctuary

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): laterite, sandstoneInformation about the creation of the object depicted in the image: Mid-12th - 13th centuryInformation about the restoration of the object depicted in the image: 1936-1944Banteay Samré was an important temple built by Suryavarman II in the Angkor Wat style, but due to a lack of extant inscriptions, little is known about its exact dates of construction. Although it was built on a much smaller scale, the carved decorations of the lintels and pediments are similar to those of Angkor Wat. The scenes depicted are mainly drawn from the Ramayana or are related to Visnu, but interestingly, one pediment illustrates one of the Jataka tales, or previous lives of the Buddha.Source for information about the object depicted in the image: Laur, Jean. Angkor: An Illustrated Guide to the Monuments. Paris: Flammarion, 2002. Jessup, Helen Ibbitson. Art and Architecture of Cambodia. London: Thames & Hudson, 2004.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