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ArchitectureStep pyramidal base: Koh Ker
This temple is consider to be the most majestic stepped pyramidal temple in Khmer art as the pyramidal base is of seven steps. The top of the base, there was a tower, now lost. The stepped pyramidal temple in Koh Ker period ism in some aspects, similar to Prasat Paksi Chamkrong at Angkor.
ArchitectureGateway: Koh Ker
Prasat 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.
ArchitectureElongate Salle with triangular Pediment: Koh Ker
The elongate hall at Koh Ker is made of stone topped by the already-lost timber-and-tiled roof. The front triangular pediment is the imitation of the wooden structure whereas the end of the gable is decorated with the scrollwork inspired from the trunk of Makara. This kind of pediment has been popular not only in Koh Ker period but also in Banteay Srei and Baphoun periods. Banteay Srei and Preah Vihear temples are the prime example for this kind of pediment. Interestingly, the holes visible at the edge of the gable were meant for supporting the already-lost wooden beams of the roof structure.
