Buddhist Terrace of Kravan Temple

Prasat Kravan (Khmer: ប្រាសាទក្រវាន់) is a 10th-century temple consisting of five brick towers. Meanwhile, one tower features a pedestal flanked by sema stone, indicating the site may have been in use in the late/post-Angkor era under Theravada Buddhism.

Also notable is the building/terrace of which only its base remains on the southeast side of the temple. It may have originally been a library building, but quite unusually, this structure opens to the east, where Angkorian-era libraries traditionally open to the west. It also features reliefs around its perimeter that seem likely to have held wooden pillars to support a roof. Both points, and the presence of sima stones leading one to think it was a Buddhist Terrace structure which are attributed to the late/post-Angkorian era.

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Rodney Charles LHuillier

Living in Asia for over a decade and now residing in beautiful Siem Reap. Rodney Charles L'Huillier has spent over seven years in Cambodia and is the author of Ancient Cambodia (2024) and Essential Siem Reap (2017, 2019). Contact via [email protected] - more..

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