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Boundary Stones
Preah Khan, Angkor
Upright boundary stones line the entrance causeway. Their
pillars display telamons of chimeras with the head of a lion,
the body of a man, and the legs and feet of a garuda. The niches
originally held images of the Buddha (the religion of Jayavarman VII),
but most of these were chiseled out in a fit of Hindu iconoclasm by
Jayavarman VIII (1243-1295). The photo above shows one of the few
niches that is still intact.
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