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"Bakong. . . is the first temple mountain of sandstone constructed by rulers of the Khmer empire at Angkor. . . In the final decades of the 9th century A.D, it served as the official state temple of King Indravarman I in the ancient city of Hariharalaya, located in an area that today is called Roluos." Read more here, in Wikipedia .
 
 
 
 
The "new" temple, to the right as you enter Bakong.

 

 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
In back of Bakong.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
The "new" temple, from across the moat for the whole compound.
 
 
 
 
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