Baphuon bas-relief depicting the Battle of Kuruksetra (2nd level, gopura II/E, east face, north section)

ASU Libraries undertakes research and accepts public comments that enhance the information we hold about images in our collections. If you can identify a landmark or person please send details to: digitalrepository@asu.edu, opens in a new window. Thank you for helping describe and caption this important historical image.

Information about the creation of the object depicted in the image: 1060

Information about the restoration of the object depicted in the image: 1959, 1961, 1970, 1994-present day

The Baphuon temple is located to the northwest of the Bayon and was built as one of Udayadityavarman II’s (1050-1066) most ambitious state temples in the capital Yasodhurapura. It contains remarkable bas-reliefs panels featuring both Buddhist and Hindu subject matter. The monument underwent complete anastylosis in the 1960s, but the process was interrupted by civil disturbances. The process of restoration was revived in the mid 1990s and finished in 2006 by École Française d’Extrême-Orient.

Source for information about the object depicted in the image: Jessup, Helen Ibbitson. Art and Architecture of Cambodia. London: Thames & Hudson, 2004. Freeman M. and C. Jacques. Ancient Angkor. London: Thames and Hudson, 1999.

To request permission to publish please complete the form located at the Department of Archives and Special Collections web site: http://hdl.handle.net/2286/7f5bakntwx1, opens in a new window.