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In this book, John Burgess draws on extensive research to recount the history of Preah Vihear ‘The Temple in the Clouds’, considered to be one of the world’s holiest sites.
Temple in the Clouds
Faith and Conflict at Preah Vihear
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- Paperback
200 pages
- Release Date
15 July 2015
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Summary
Perched atop a five-hundred-meter cliff in the far north of Cambodia, Preah Vihear ranks among the world’s holiest sites. It was built a millennium ago as a shrine to Hindu god Shiva by the same civilization that gave the world Angkor Wat. Sadly, it has been transformed recently into a battlefield prize, first with Cambodian factions during the Cambodian civil war, and later (to present) it has been the focus of sometimes violent border disputes with Thailand. In ‘Temple in the Clouds’ forme…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9786167339542 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 6167339546 |
| Author: | John Burgess |
| Publisher: | River Books |
| Imprint: | River Books |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 200 |
| Release Date: | 15 July 2015 |
| Weight: | 262g |
| Dimensions: | 209mm x 142mm x 14mm |
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