Building date: 9th century & 12th century
Religion: N/A
Style: N/A
King: Jayavarman VII From 1181 To 1218
Location: West of Angkor Thom. North of Siem Reap Airport.
West Baray was the biggest man-made reservoir in the Angkor area. The barays were enormous water tanks - perhaps designed for the irrigation of the adjoining rice plantations. Some believe that additionally they played religious or politics roles. The primary barays date from the 9th century; most significant of those were constructed by King Jayavarman VII during the 12th century (some of those are 8 km by 2.2 km) and some still built nowadays. The largest barays, a few kms in dimension, contained 40 million cubic metres of water.
It is feasible that a rupture of criminal origin of the dams of the Eastern Baray was the cause of the massive flooding in the area precipitating the horrible crisis which may have required the Khmer people to flee and to quit the site of Angkor at the start of the 15th century. This could also clarify why this baray was filled with dirt and sand therefore transforming it into a gigantic rice plantation. The West Baray, although ancient, is filled with water year long and has become a local leisure area.
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Religion: N/A
Style: N/A
King: Jayavarman VII From 1181 To 1218
Location: West of Angkor Thom. North of Siem Reap Airport.
West Baray was the biggest man-made reservoir in the Angkor area. The barays were enormous water tanks - perhaps designed for the irrigation of the adjoining rice plantations. Some believe that additionally they played religious or politics roles. The primary barays date from the 9th century; most significant of those were constructed by King Jayavarman VII during the 12th century (some of those are 8 km by 2.2 km) and some still built nowadays. The largest barays, a few kms in dimension, contained 40 million cubic metres of water.
It is feasible that a rupture of criminal origin of the dams of the Eastern Baray was the cause of the massive flooding in the area precipitating the horrible crisis which may have required the Khmer people to flee and to quit the site of Angkor at the start of the 15th century. This could also clarify why this baray was filled with dirt and sand therefore transforming it into a gigantic rice plantation. The West Baray, although ancient, is filled with water year long and has become a local leisure area.
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