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 The Phnom Bakheng Temple, constructed in the late 9th century CE under Yasovarman I, rises atop a natural hill at the centre of Angkor as one of the earliest temple-mountains of the Khmer world, built from sandstone and laterite with precisely arranged terraces aligned to the cardinal directions, forming a five-tiered pyramid that symbolically represents Mount Meru, the cosmic axis in Hindu cosmology; serving as the state temple of Yasodharapura and dedicated to Shiva through a central lingam expressing royal association with the divine, the structure originally supported numerous small towers in a carefully ordered layout, reflecting cosmological intent, while its elevated position and monumental design established a lasting architectural and ideological model for subsequent Angkorian temples...

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