Bapuon

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<p>Baphuon. Dedicated to Lord Shiv and located in Siem Reap, it was bulit by King Uday?dityavarman I in the 11th century and has beautiful bas reliefs. (10 kms; tour: 90 min.)</p>

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<p>The Baphuon is a temple at Angkor, Cambodia. It is located in Angkor Thom, northwest of the Bayon. Also called &quot;golden mountain&quot; (svarn?dr?), the Baphuon is built on an artificial hill. The temple was originally dedicated to Shiva and late converted to a Theravada Buddhist temple.[1] The dating of the temple has been fractious; recent work has shown that it was not built during the reign of Uday?dityavarman II, as is popularly reported. In 2015 a French team directly dates four iron crampons integrated into the structure using the AMS Carbon-14 method, revealed the construction was much earlier than thought and can now be considered as the major temple associated with Suryavarman I (1010&ndash;1050CE), a ruler which had no temple previously associated with his reign.</p>