Bakong is the first temple mountain constructed by rulers of the Khmer empire at Angkor near modern Siem Reap in Cambodia. In the final decades of the 9th century A.D, it served as the official state temple of King Indravarman I in the ancient city of Hariharalaya located in an area that today is called Roluos.

Bakong enjoyed its status as the state temple of Angkor for only a few years. Toward the end of the 9th century, Indravarman's son and successor Yasovarman I moved the capital from ... (more)