Angkor Explorer - Map

Angkor Explorer is a folded map providing history and maps of ancient Kambuj and its beautiful temples. Kambuj Desh was the ancient name of Cambodia. Funan was the first state in this region, which absorbed and assimilated the Indian ideas in the early centuries of the Christian era. The Sanskrit language, script, traditions, customs, beliefs, religions, art, architecture, and legal and administrative systems from India were adopted with suitable adaptations. In the early 7th century, the state of Funan was conquered by its vassal state Kambuj known as Chenla in the Chinese chronicles. Kambuj Desh evolved into a powerful state from the 9th century onwards and the Khmers became one of the highly evolved societies in the world. The creative genius and the innate devotional nature of the Khmers combined with the basic principles of Indian civilisation in the fields of religion, culture, art, architecture created the most beautiful temples in the world between the 9th and the 13th centuries including Angkor Wat - the largest Hindu temple in the world and a rare creation of human civilisation. Angkor Wat is also the largest religious building in the world.