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Gateway: Koh Ker

Keywords :

Site common namePrasat Koh Ker
Type of artworkArchitecture
Province/CityKoh Ker
CountryCambodia
Geographic Coordinates
Decimal degree		Lat : 13.782778
Long : 104.537222

History of productionKing Jayavarman IV shifted his capital to Koh Ker after the death of Yaśovarman. He ignored the reign of the weak successors who still ruled at Angkor. He ordered to construct Prasat Thom at Koh Ker as the temple of enshrining the royal Śivalinga in accordance with the Devarājā cult, emphasizing his political power which was unparalleled.
ArtPrasat Koh Ker is the complex comprising the step pyramidal temple (nowadays called as Prasat Thom) and the group of temple on the low platform. In the front of the group there exists the lofty brick gateway. This gateway reveals the new step of evolution as two doors are provided in the both sides, different from the normal brick tower which is normally in single-doored scheme.
PeriodHistorical Period
Art periodKoh Ker
Age10th century A.D.
ReligionBrahmanism-Hinduism
SectShaivite

Type of LicenseAttribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs (CC BY-NC-ND)
RightsPrincess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn Anthropology Centre
Date of record creation2015-02-00
Record creatorChedha Tingsanchali