- Area: Siem Reap Province > Prasat Bakong District > Kandaek Commune
- | Type: Ancient Remains & Temples
Also known as Prasat Ov Laok, located east of Siem Reap and just west of Bakong and Preah Ko. A group of four temples, all in ruin, three of which were constructed of brick with sandstone door frames and one constructed in laterite, and all sharing a common base.
Two inscriptions are registered here, K.807 and K.808, along with several lintels, a nine-diety panel, colonettes, statues of Vishnu, and an early Garuda.
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Inscriptions
- K. 807 – 12 lines of Sanskrit – IC IV, p. 38
- K. 808 – 11 lines of Khmer – IC IV, p. 37
The Prását Ôlok is a set of four towers from the pre-Angkorian period, remodeled in the 9th century. It is part of the Rolûos group: it is located 300 meters west of the Bakoń outer moat and the same distance south of Pràsàt Kandòl Do’m’. The southern sanctuary yielded two inscriptions.
The oldest is a reused slab which bears the remnants of 11 lines in pre-Angkorian script with jambs. This text relates the donations of workers, cattle, rice fields to the gods Vrsabhadhvaja (Çiva) and Naimiçeçvara.
The second is engraved on the south jamb of the entrance door. This text, carefully engraved but very ruined, gives fragments of a praçasti of King Indravarman, the probable author of the alterations to this ancient sanctuary; only a dozen lines remain.
It is useless to give translations of these very fragmentary texts.
Inscriptions du Cambodge IV, G Coedes
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Site Info
- Site Name: Ov Laok (Pr.) Khmer Name: បា្រសាទឳឡោក
- Reference ID: HA12037 | Last Update: August 15th, 2021
- Other Names: ប្រាសាទឪឡោក, Prasat Ov Laok, Prasat Olok
- Date/Era: 7th Century
- Tags/Group: 7th century, Angkor, e, Roluos, Temples
- Location: Siem Reap Province > Prasat Bakong District > Kandaek Commune
- MoCFA ID: 756
- IK Number: 584.02
- Inscription Number/s: K. 807, 808
