Great Temples of SE Asia: Angkor Wat and Borobudur

1. Great Temples of
Southeast Asia

2. Angkor Wat, Khmer Empire,
Cambodia

3. Aerial view, Angkor Wat, Siem Reap, Cambodia, 1116-1150
(photo: shankar s., CC BY 2.0)

4. Angkor Wat. Siem Reap, Cambodia, 1116-1150
(photo: Benjamin Jakabek, CC BY-NC-ND 2.0)

5. Churning of the Ocean of Milk (detail), Angkor Wat, Siem Reap,
Cambodia, 1116-1150 (photo: John Brennan, CC BY-ND 2.0)

6. Aerial view, Angkor Wat, Siem Reap, Cambodia, 1116-1150
(photo: Peter Garnhum, CC BY-NC 2.0)

7. Gallery, Angkor Wat, Siem Reap, Cambodia, 1116-1150
(photo: fmpgoh, CC BY-NC-ND 2.0)

8. Borobudur, Saliendra Empire,
Indonesia

9. Borobudur, Indonesia (photo: Claire André, CC BY-NC-ND 2.0)

10. Borobudur, Indonesia (photo: Claire André, CC BY-NC-ND 2.0)

11. Bodobudur, photo: Wilson Loo Kok Wee (CC BY-NC-ND 2.0)

12. Borobudur, Indonesia (photo: Wilson Loo Kok Wee, CC BY-NC-ND 2.0)

13. Borobudur, Indonesia (photo: Gildardo Sánchez, CC BY-NC-SA 2.0)

14. From the Gandavyuha Sutra, Borobudur, Indonesia
(photo: Photo Dharma, CC BY 2.0)

15. Borobudur Temple | © saesheera/Pixabay

16. Borobudur Temple © Pandu Adnyana/WikiCommons

17. Borobudur Temple © Pandu Adnyana/WikiCommons

18. Assignment:
1. Read the following articles about Angkor Wat and Borobudur.
2. Use the articles and the textbook to create a Venn diagram comparing and
contrasting the Srivijava kingdom of Java with the Khmer Empire of
Cambodia.
Angkor Wat, Cambodia
• Khan Academy - Angkor Wat
• BBC Culture - The Surprising Discovery at Angkor Wat
• National Geographic - Angkor Wat’s Collapse From Climate Change Has Lessons for Today
• Smithsonian - The Lost City of Cambodia
• Google Maps - Temples of Angkor
Borobudur, Indonesia
• Khan Academy - Borobudur
• Culture Trip - Borobudur: Indonesia's Most Beautiful Temple
• National Geographic - Wandering the labyrinths of Jogja