Buddhist Terrace of Ta Prohm

Located inside the outermost enclosure on the west side, and south of the causeway of Ta Prohm temple, sits a Buddhist Terrace structure from a later era, suggested to be around the late Angkor/early post-Angkorian era. The rectangular terrace sits on an east-west axis with a raised pedestal/balan at its western end. This balan appears to feature steps on its east side and perhaps on the west side too. No sima stones were noticed; fragments of a small Buddha on a Naga statue can be seen along with a sandstone pedestal.

Images: Sep 2021

It’s also worth noting the unexcavated shrine within the gopura of the third enclosure. Whilst most certainly a later edition post the temple proper’s heyday, it’s not known (to my knowledge) whether this is of the same time period as this terrace.

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..