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... Khmer conquest and Tai immigration : 11th to 13th century . In the 11th century Dvaravati was captured by the Khmer of Cambodia and became a province of their empire . A number of Khmer shrines , probably in- tended as focuses of the Khmer ...
... Khmer conquest and Tai immigration : 11th to 13th century . In the 11th century Dvaravati was captured by the Khmer of Cambodia and became a province of their empire . A number of Khmer shrines , probably in- tended as focuses of the Khmer ...
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... Khmer : 9th to 13th century . Late in the 8th century the kingdom of Chenla declined politically , perhaps because of dynastic disputes with the rising pow- er of Indonesian kings , who were themselves also de- scended from the original ...
... Khmer : 9th to 13th century . Late in the 8th century the kingdom of Chenla declined politically , perhaps because of dynastic disputes with the rising pow- er of Indonesian kings , who were themselves also de- scended from the original ...
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... Khmer epoch . It differs from 10th - century Khmer official sculpture , which began to take on a conventional and relatively insensitive massiveness . The Baphuon temple mountain ( 1050-66 ) is unfortu- nately almost completely ...
... Khmer epoch . It differs from 10th - century Khmer official sculpture , which began to take on a conventional and relatively insensitive massiveness . The Baphuon temple mountain ( 1050-66 ) is unfortu- nately almost completely ...
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