Crocodile Attack Bas-Relief
Crocodile Attack Bas-Relief
Ramayana Epic
Ramayana Epic
Soldiers Bas-Relief, Bayon Temple
Soldiers Bas-Relief, Bayon Temple
Khmer Soldiers Bas Relief at Bayon Temple
Khmer Soldiers Bas Relief at Bayon Temple
Khmer Warriors
Khmer Warriors
Bas Relief of Khmer Cham Battles
Bas Relief of Khmer Cham Battles
Bas Relief of Cockfight at Bayon Temple
Bas Relief of Cockfight at Bayon Temple
Battle of Tonlé Sap
Battle of Tonlé Sap
Khmer Army Bas-Relief Scene
Khmer Army Bas-Relief Scene
Khmer Procession Bas-Relief at Bayon Temple
Khmer Procession Bas-Relief at Bayon Temple
Bas Relief Honoring the King
Bas Relief Honoring the King
Bas-Relief Scene from Bayon Temple
Bas-Relief Scene from Bayon Temple

Bayon Temple

1397
Bayon Temple stands at the heart of Angkor Thom, raised by Jayavarman VII in the late 12th–early 13th c. as his state shrine when the Khmer court embraced Mahayana Buddhism. Its crowded towers bear the famous serene faces—read as Avalokiteshvara, the king, or a fusion of both—watching over the former capital as a sign of protective rule. The surrounding galleries’ bas-reliefs fold empire into daily life, from naval battles and crocodile attacks to markets and rituals, turning stone into living memory.