Yasodharapura

Capitals of Cambodia, Part II Part I of our capitals of Cambodia took us from the early Funan and Chenla periods up to the creation of King Indravarman’s city of Hariharalaya during the 9th century, at the site known today as Rolous, a short distance east of Siem Reap. We’ve already covered 6 different sites, with Hariharalaya appearing on two…

Angkor and Angkor Wat On our small group tours to Cambodia we often see, amongst first time visitors, a certain amount of predictable confusion between the names Angkor and Angkor Wat. They do, of course, refer to two different sites, so here’s a brief explanation on the differences between Angkor and Angkor Wat. It can certainly be somewhat confusing for…