Sangkas Temple

According to French notes, originally a group of three brick towers and two library buildings were surrounded by an outer enclosure wall with an entrance gopura on the east and a false entrance on the west. At the site today, the moat still fills during the rainy season and during the dry season revealing further laterite and sandstone remains from the temple scattered around the perimeter of the moat. All that’s standing at the site are two sandstone doorframes and the base of one brick structure can be seen. There is also a large basin to the east.

Map

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Site Info

Historical Inventories of Sangkas (Pr.)

  • 1901, E. Aymonier, Le Cambodge, Tome II, pg. 325 (Site Name: Prasat Sangkhah et ses inscriptions Region: Battambang Le Nord)
  • 1911, E. Lunet de Lajonquière, Inventaire descriptif des monuments du Cambodge, Tome III, pg. 416 (IK #: 839 Site Name: Prasat Sangkas Region: Srok Tu'k Cho, Khet Battambang)
  • 1926, Liste des Monuments Historiques, #: 70 Site: Pr. Sangkas. - Three completely ruined brick sanctuaries; 2 inscribed piers. Region: Battambang

Sangkas (Pr.) Inscription References

  • K. 218 - Section: S1 Lines: 42 Script: Sanskrit Date (Saka): xe Ref: 1951, Coedes, Inscriptions du Cambodge, Volume 3, p. 45
  • K. 218 - Section: S2 Lines: 8 Script: Sanskrit Date (Saka): xe Ref: 1951, Coedes, Inscriptions du Cambodge, Volume 3, p. 45
  • K. 218 - Section: N Lines: 51 Script: Khmer Date (Saka): xe Ref: 1951, Coedes, Inscriptions du Cambodge, Volume 3, p. 45
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