KHLEANGS

KHLEANGS
“The Store House or Royal Store”
- Location : Khleangs are located behind the 12 towers (Prasat Suor Proat) in front of The Terrace of Elephants and The Terrace of Leper King.
 - Access : enter and leave it from the west entrance.
 - Date : end of the 10th century to the beginning of the 11th century.
 - King : Jayavarman 5th and Suryavarman 1st (Nirvanapada).
 - Religion : Hinduism (dedicated to god Siva).
 - Art-style : Khleangs. 
- Clearance worked by Mr. Jean Commaille 1908 and Mr. Henri Marchal 1919-1920.
 - Posthumous name: 5th Paramaviraloka and 1st Paramaviravanapada.

 BACKGROUND
 The north Khleangs and south Khleangs consisted a pair of large sandstone towers that look quite grand against the jungle background. They are similar in time layout style and decoration.
- According to the inscription suggests that “The South Khleangs” was built slightly later that “The North Khleangs”.
 - Some scholars believed the name storehouse is in appropriate for these buildings and suggest they may have been built as (Reception Halls) for receiving the foreign dignitaries or princess.

 LAY-OUT
Both buildings are long rectangular structure with a porch in the shape of across in the middle of the east side and west side, and windows decorated with balustrades.
 North Khleangs : is 4.7 meters wide by 38 meters long. The workmanship of the architecture and decoration is more carefully executed that at The South Khleangs (Jayavarman 5th).
 South Khleangs : is 4.5 meters wide by 45 meters long and is unfinished but it stands on a mould base (Suryavarman 1st).