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Roluos

រលួស
Lolei temple in Roluos
RoluosLocation in Cambodia
Alternative name	Hariharalaya
Location	Siem Reap, Cambodia
Region	Southeast Asia
Coordinates	13°20′N 103°58′E / 13.333°N 103.967°E / 13.333; 103.967
Type	Archaeological site
History
Builder	Jayavarman II
Material	sandstone, laterite, brick
Founded	9th century AD
Periods	Post-classical
Site notes
Condition	Ruined
Public access	Yes
Architecture
Architectural styles	Preah Ko

Roluos (Khmer: រលួស) is a Cambodian archeological site about 13 km east of Siem Reap along NH6. Once it was the seat of Hariharalaya, first capital of Khmer Empire north of Tonlé Sap (as the first capital in the strict sense of the term could have been Indrapura, identifiable with Banteay Prey Nokor).

Among the "Roluos Group" of temples there are some of the earliest permanent structures built by Khmer. They mark the beginning of classical period of Khmer civilization, dating from the late 9th century. Some were totally built with bricks, others partially with laterite or sandstone (the first large Angkorian temple built with sandstone was possibly Ta Keo)

At present it is composed by three major temples: Bakong, Lolei, and Preah Ko, along with the smaller Prasat Prei Monti. At both Bakong and Lolei there are contemporary Theravada buddhist monasteries.

There is a town named Roluos also Phumi Roluos Chas, which is a khum (commune) of Svay Chek District in Banteay Meanchey Province in north-western Cambodia.

Notes

1. Coedès, George (1968). Walter F. Vella (ed.). The Indianized States of Southeast Asia. trans.Susan Brown Cowing. University of Hawaii Press. ISBN 978-0-8248-0368-1.
2. Higham, 1989, p.324
3. Freeman, Jacques 2006, p.26

References

• Freeman, Michael; Jacques, Claude (2006). Ancient Angkor. River Books. ISBN 974-8225-27-5.

• Higham, Charles (1989). The Archaeology of Mainland Southeast Asia. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 0-521-27525-3.

External links

• Angkor Temple Guide: Roluos Group by Canby Publications

v t e Siem Reap province
Capital city: Siem Reap
Districts	Angkor Chum District Angkor Thom District Banteay Srei District Chi Kraeng District Puok Thala District Kralanh District Prasat Bakong District Siem Reap Municipality city Sout Nikom District Srei Snam District Svay Leu District Varin District
Geography	Siem Reap River Tonlé Sap
Angkor Sites	Angkor Thom Angkor Wat Banteay Srei Baphuon Bayon Ta Prohm

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