Angkor wat design

Cambodia also Kampuchea or Royaume du Cambodge is a country located in the southern portion of the Indochina peninsula in Southeast Asia hosting the biggest Hindu Temple complex in the world, but more than 4000 Hindu temples are spread all over the country. Cambodian architecture is very diverse in style, design and features-illustrating that Hindu temple architecture was in its formative stage and was yet to arrive at the standardised situation of later centuries. Nevertheless, the influence of Gupta-era buildings on later Cambodian temple architecture is indisputable and continued right through to the medieval period. The Indianised kingdom facilitated the spread of first Hinduism(and later Buddhism)  and the construction of numerous temples- on a gigantic scale and magnificence. The How, Why and What is explained in this paper.Most comprehensive paper on Cambodian Temples and Its Hindu Architecture

This is the first Book of a Trilogy that traces the growth of Hinduism in South East Asia. In this first Volume we focus our scope of Ancient India and how the South Indian Traders were able to convert the Cambodians and other nations to Hinduism. In the other two Books we will visit Cambodia and other South East Asian and Ind -Chinese countries to follow the growth of Hinduism there and the in the process built some of the most magnificent religious structures known to mankind.

What is the Construction tech, Design and Vastu of the Angkor Temples of Cambodia?
Explained in s a series of ESSAYS.
A mythical genealogy of the artists is given in most of the architectural treatises. From the four faces of Brahma, the creator, are stated to have originated the four heavenly architects Visvakarman, Maya, Tvashtar, and Manu.2 Their four sons are called respectively Sthapati, Sutra-grahin, Vardhaki, and Takshaka. These four evidently represent the progenitors of the four classes of terrestrial artists. They form the guild of architects, each an expert in his own department, consisting of the chief architect or master-builder, the designer or the draftsman, the painter, and' the joiner.
The temple construction project begins with identifying the most suitable site for erecting the structure. This involves examination of all aspects relating to the location, the extent, the orientation, the quality of soil, the water source, the environment and astrological suitability of the site etc. This elongated process goes by the name: Bhupariksha. The principal elements involved in a temple –projects are: Sthala (temple site); Teertha (Temple tank) and Murthy (the idol). Elaborate rules are laid out in the classical texts on Shilpa Shastra, describing the required qualities of the places where a temple is to be erected; as also of the other two elements.

The word Angkor wat itself means 'Capital city'. It was also known as Yasodharapura. The city housed the magnificent Angkor Wat, one of Cambodia's most popular tourist attractions.The name Angkor is derived from nokor Khmer word meaning "kingdom" which in turn derived from Sanskrit nagara (0 9 2 8 0 9 1 7 0 9 3 0), meaning "city". The Angkorian period began in AD 802, when the Khmer Hindu monarch Jayavarman II declared himself a "universal monarch" and "god-king ", and lasted until the late 14th century, first falling under Ayutthayan souverainty in 1351. A Khmer rebellion against Siamese authority resulted in the 1431 sacking of Angkor by Ayutthaya, causing its population to migrate south to Longvek.