MEGACITIES (ANGKOR WAT)

Angkor Wat is the famous megacities in the world.Actually,Angkor Wat is a temple at Angkor,Cambodia was built by Khmer civilization.Bagon is the temple stands in the centre of Angkor Thom.This Bayon's have its specialities like 54 towers and 216 faces of Avalokiteshvara.This temple looks very best in the morning just after sun shines or at the end of the afternoon as the sun shines on the faces.It's magic is does not appear from a distance,it looks more like a pile of stones.

Chou Ta-Kuan was a diplomat under the Temur Khun,emperor Chengzong of vuan.He is the most well-known people in the Angkor Wat for his accounts of the customs of Combodia and the Angkor temple compleves during his visit there.He is also known as Zhou Daguan.The Khmer's enemies is known as Cham.The reason for the fall of the Khmer empires is since the time of Jayarvarman VII,the Bayon was suffered nomerous additions and alteration at the hands of subsequent monarchs.During the reign of Jayarvaman VIII in the mid-13th century,the Khmer empire reverted to Hinduism and its state temple was altered accordingly.

Angkor Wat was built by Suryavarman II.Angkor Wat means 'City of Temple' and Angkor Thom means 'The Magnificent City'.Angkor is a vernacular form of the word hokor which comes from the sanskrit word Nagara meaning 'Capital'.Wat is the Khmer word of temple.The main temple are the surviving of a grand religious,social and administrative metropolis whose other buildings like palaces,public building and houses.