Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
North Exit
BAYON
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20
metres
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9
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10
2nd Enclosing Wall
Library
Pond
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20
10
18
8
21
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Central
Sanctuary
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3
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11
7
1
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Pond
Library
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1st Enclosing Wall
3rd Enclosing Wall
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3
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5
BAS
RELIEFS
THIRD ENCLOSING WALL
SECOND ENCLOSING WALL
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Military procession
Boat
Naval battle between Cham and Khmer
Victory feast
Crossbow and catapult
Ascetic climbing a tree
Street Fight
Fish swallowing deer
Circus scene
Cham/Khmer battle scenes
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King and ascetics, with hunting scene
Mount Meru
Military parade/musicians/fishermen
Shiva and Vishnu
Musicians
Construction scene
Harbour scene
Churning of the Ocean of Milk
Offerings scene
Ten-armed Shiva
Military parade
Legend of the Leper King
The western side of the south wall has carvings on its lower half only, including a
panel showing arms, including a
crossbow
deployed from the back of an elephant and a
catapult
on wheels.
Third enclosing wall bas-reliefs: west wall
The first portion of the
western wall
is unfinished; look out here for an
ascetic climbing
a tree
to escape from a hungry tiger, near the centre of the panel. Towards the centre of
the panel, before the gopura, a
street fight
is in progress: people shake their arms in
anger, while above, two severed heads are shown to the crowd.
Along the northern half of the west wall, look out for the scene showing men with
sticks chasing other men with round shields, passing a pond in which a
large fish
swallows a small deer
.
Third enclosing wall bas-reliefs: north wall
On the western side of the
north wall
, a light-hearted
circus
scene features jugglers,
acrobats and wrestlers alongside a parade of animals including rhinos, rabbits and deer.
The section beyond the north gopura is badly eroded, though you can just about make
