ABSTRACT

A Sanskrit inscription on a stone found inside the temple states that this temple was built by Jayavarman VII, as a citadel of Rajavihara, for his mother in AD 1186.The additions in the temple complex continued till the end of the thirteenth century. This temple functioned as a mini city. The area between the outer enclosure wall and the fourth enclosure supported a population of 12 640 residents, other than the monks.