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Library (?) of Po Kluang Karai

Keywords : Cham, Champa, Dancing Shiva, Po Kluang Karai

Site common namePo Kluang Karai
Type of artworkArchitecture
Village-
Province/CityNha Trang
StateNinh Thuan
CountryVietnam
Geographic Coordinates
Decimal degree		Lat : 11.601667
Long : 108.946667

History of productionAfter the invasion of the Vietnam kingdom from the north, the Champa kingdom lost the province of Vijaya and the capital had to be shifted to Pāṇḍuranga.Po Kluang Karai and Po Rome were therefore constructed in this province during this time.
ArtThe so-called library at Po Kluang Karai is the rectangular building with the wagon roof, similar to Śālā tyle of Indian artecture. Started from My Son, this kind of building has been continued in the same form and also in the same cornered location.of the main tower. As the main temple is dated to the Later period, the library would be dated to the same period. The cornered miniature tower of the superstructure of the library is conceived in the form similar to Chinese pagoda, this form has been continued since Late Binh Dinh art.
PeriodHistorical Period
Art periodLater Period
Age13th 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