Angkor Wat: Then and Now

Temple built by the Khmer king Suryavarman II in the twelfth century, first to Vishnu and later Buddhist; the largest religious monument in the world.

Angkor Wat, historical view — Angkor Wat photographed in 1866. Unknown author, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

Key facts

Country today	Cambodia
Status	Standing
Date	1150
Nearest city on the map	Bangkok (about 366 km)
Location	13.412° N, 103.867° E

Map showing Angkor Wat in 1100 — Border map for 1100. See the world in 1100.

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Who ruled this place

Derived from the border maps; each row runs until the next recorded border change.

Period	State
500 BC–401 BC	Unclaimed / no data
400 BC–324 BC	Austro-Asiatic rice cultures
323 BC–201 BC	Unclaimed / no data
200 BC–101 BC	Mon-Khmer
100 BC–499	Unclaimed / no data
500–599	Funan
600–899	Chen-La
900–1491	Khmer Empire
1492–1782	Ayutthaya
1783–1879	Cambodia
1880–1919	French Indochina
1920–1937	French Indo-China
1938–today	Cambodia

Other landmarks nearby

Wat Phra Si SanphetRuins · 1448

More: Historic landmarks of Cambodia · All landmarks