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  Angkor ( Khmer : អង្គរ [ʔɑŋkɔː] , lit. 'capital city'), also known as Yasodharapura ( Khmer : យសោធរបុរៈ ; Sanskrit : यशोधरपुर ), [ 1 ] [ 2 ] was the capital city of the Khmer Empire , located in present-day Cambodia . The city and empire flourished from approximately the 9th to the 15th centuries. The city houses the Angkor Wat , one of Cambodia's most popular tourist attractions.                             The name Angkor is derived from nokor ( នគរ ), a Khmer word meaning "kingdom" which in turn derived from Sanskrit nagara ( नगर ), meaning "city". [ 3 ] The Angkorian period began in AD 802, when the Khmer Hindu monarch Jayavarman II declared himself a "universal monarch" and " god-king ", and lasted until the late 14th century, first falling under Ayutthayan suzerainty in 1351. A Khmer rebellion against Siamese authority resulted in the 1431 sacking of Angkor by Ayutthaya, causing its popul...
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  Angkor Wat  ( / ˌ æ ŋ k ɔːr   ˈ w ɒ t / ;  Khmer :  អង្គរវត្ត , "City/Capital of  Temples ") is a  Hindu-Buddhist  temple complex in  Cambodia . Located on a site measuring 162.6 hectares (1.6 km 2 ; 401.8 acres) within the ancient  Khmer  capital city of  Angkor , it was originally constructed in 1150 CE as a  Hindu temple  dedicated to the deity  Vishnu . It was later gradually transformed into a  Buddhist temple  towards the end of the century. One of the  largest religious structures in the world , it is regarded as one of the best examples of Khmer architecture and a symbol of Cambodia, depicted as a part of the  Cambodian national flag . Angkor Wat was built at the behest of the Khmer king  Suryavarman II  in the early 12th century in  Yaśodharapura  (present-day Angkor), the capital of the Khmer Empire, as his state temple and eventual mausoleum. Angkor Wat co...
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