ebooks Ishavasya Upanishad by Swami Niranjanananda Saraswati in History

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The Khmer empire; which in its heyday extended across the whole of present-day Cambodia as far west as Burma and north into Laos; flourished for at least five hundred years. During that time; the many thousands of temples and shrines built to glorify mainly Hindu gods; but also Buddhism; were carved with intricate stone reliefs of immense size; complexity and artistry. In these pediments; lintels and many miles of walls were portrayed the lives of legends of the Hindu gods; adopted and transformed by the Khmer from Indian sources; and Buddhist themes; particularly from the reign of the great Jayavarman VII.