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Prasat Pre Rup

Keywords : Sambor Prei Kuk , Jayavarman IV, Rajendravarman, re Rup

Site common namePrasat Pre Rup
Type of artworkArchitecture
Village-
Province/CityAngkor
StateSiem Reap
CountryCambodia
Geographic Coordinates
Decimal degree		Lat : 13.434722
Long : 103.920556

History of productionRajendravarman shifted the capital back to Angkor following the death of Jayavarman IV. He had Pre Rup constructed on the top of the stepped-pyramidal platforms dedicating to himself on the bank of East Baray (Reservoir).
ArtSimilar to other Early Angkorian temples, Pre Rup is the brick temple on the top of the stepped-pyramidal platforms. However, the further development is noticeable from the multiplicity of the main temple from one to five in number. Below the platform are the long halls which are the precursor of the elongate connected gallery in the later period. These halls were presumably functioned as the lodges or the treasuries for the temple. In the front exists the rectangular platform, possible to be the base for the statue of Nandi which already lost.
PeriodHistorical Period
Art periodPre Rup
Age9th-10th 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