| Preah Khan | |
|---|---|
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| Religion | |
| Affiliation | Hinduism |
| Deity | Vishnu |
| Location | |
| Location | Angkor |
| Country | Cambodia |
  Location in Cambodia | |
| Geographic coordinates | 13°27′43″N 103°52′18″E / 13.4619594°N 103.8715911°E |
| Architecture | |
| Type | Khmer |
| Creator | Jayavarman VII |
| Completed | 1191 A.D. |
| Website | |
| wmf.org/preah-khan | |
Preah Khan (Khmer: ប្រាសាទព្រះខ័ន; "Royal Sword") is a temple at Angkor, Cambodia, built in the 12th century for King Jayavarman VII to honor his father.[1]: 383–384, 389 [2]: 174–176 It is located northeast of Angkor Thom and just west of the Jayatataka baray, with which it was associated. It was the centre of a substantial organisation, with almost 100,000 officials and servants. The temple is flat in design, with a basic plan of successive rectangular galleries around a Buddhist sanctuary complicated by Hindu satellite temples and numerous later additions. Like the nearby Ta Prohm, Preah Khan has been left largely unrestored, with numerous trees and other vegetation growing among the ruins.
- ^ Higham, C., 2014, Early Mainland Southeast Asia, Bangkok: River Books Co., Ltd., ISBN 9786167339443
- ^ Coedès, George (1968). Walter F. Vella (ed.). The Indianized States of Southeast Asia. trans.Susan Brown Cowing. University of Hawaii Press. ISBN 978-0-8248-0368-1.