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Sombor Preikuk S1

Keywords : Sambor Prei Kuk , Ishanavarman I

Site common nameSombor Preikuk
Type of artworkArchitecture
Village-
Province/CityKampong Thom
StateKampong Thom
CountryCambodia
Geographic Coordinates
Decimal degree		Lat : 12.865278
Long : 105.041389

History of productionIshanavarman I shifted his capital to the nowadays Sombor Preikuk as entitled as Ishanapura. At the site of his capital there locates the northern and southern group of temple dedicating to Shiva.
ArtPre-Angkorian temple is characterized by the brick temple decorated with carving. The body of the temple is normally punctuated by series of pilasters at the corners as well as at the middle of the wall. Sombor Preikuk is decorated by six pilasters dividing the wall into five offsets. The central offset is ornamented by the miniature bas-relief temple while the side offsets are decorated by the so-called flying temples. The superstructure follows the South Indian architectural tradition, comprising the miniature superimposing tiers decorated with the miniature temples.
PeriodHistorical Period
Art periodSambor Prei Kuk
Age6th-7th century A.D.
ReligionBrahmanism-Hinduism
SectShaivite

Type of LicenseAttribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs (CC BY-NC-ND)
RightsPrincess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn Anthropology Centre
Date of record creation2015-07-00
Record creatorChedha Tingsanchali