Srah Srang

This guide to Srah Srang in Siem Reap opens with a tenth-century inscription warning elephants away from a royal reservoir, and traces it to a Buddhist minister, Kavindrarimathana, who organized an extraordinary run of construction under King Rajendravarman II. It follows his building projects, including the temple mountain of Pre Rup, and the landing stage that Jayavarman VII rebuilt in laterite and sandstone two and a half centuries later, with naga serpents and stone lions still guarding its steps.