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Sambor Prei Kuk ((クメール語:ប្រាសាទសំបូរព្រៃគុក), ''Prasat Sambor Prei Kuk'' or Isanapura) is an archaeological site in Cambodia located in Kampong Thom Province, 30 km north of the Kampong Thom, the provincial capital, 176 km east of Angkor and 206 km north of Phnom Penh. The complex belongs to the Pre-Angkorian era of Chenla (late 6th to 9th centuries AD) and it was one of its capitals known then as Isanapura.〔Higham, C., 2014, ''Early Mainland Southeast Asia'', Bangkok: River Books Co., Ltd., ISBN 9786167339443〕 The Cambodian government has included Sambor Prei Kuk on its Tentative List of UNESCO World Heritage Sites.〔Unesco (1992). Groupe de Sambor Prei Kuk. Tentative List. January 9, 1992. Link retrieved on July 6, 2015 from http://whc.unesco.org/en/tentativelists/61/〕 Located on the Eastern bank of Tonle Sap close to the Sen River, the central part of Sambor Prei Kuk is divided into three main groups. Each group has a square lay out surrounded by a brick wall. The structures of the overall archaeological area were constructed at variable times: the southern and north groups (7th century) by Isanavarman I, who is considered a possible founder of the city and the central group (later date). The buildings of Sambor Prei Kuk are characteristic of the Pre-Angkorean period with a simple external plan. The principal material is brick, but sandstone is also used for certain structures.〔(Groupe de Sambor Prei Kuk - UNESCO World Heritage Centre )〕 Architectural features include numerous prasats, octagonal towers, shiva lingams and yonis, ponds and reservoirs, and lion sculptures. Sambor Prei Kuk is located amidst mature sub-tropical forests with limited undergrowth. The area has been mined and could still contain unexploded ordnance.〔Gnarfgnarf:( Sambor Prei Kuk : a pre-Angkorian gem in the forest ), 20 November 2010, retrieved on 3 May 2012〕 == The Clusters == The whole compound is made of three clusters classified as group C for ''Central'', N for ''North'' and S for ''South'' (Michon & Kalay, 2012).〔Michon, D. & Kalay, Y. (2012). Virtual Sambor Prei Kuk: An Interactive Learning Tool. Systemics, Cybernetics and Informatics, 10 (3): pp. 29/37. Link retrieved on July 6, 2015 from http://www.iiis.org/CDs2011/CD2011SCI/EISTA_2011/PapersPdf/EA432ZU.pdf〕 They are enclosed in a double-walled encircling 1,000 acre in which there were 150 Hindu temples today mostly in ruins. # Group N: Prasat Sambor (ប្រាសាទសំបូរ) is considered the main temple and it dates from the 7th century. It was dedicated to one of the reincarnations of Shiva known as ''Gambhireshvara'' (from Sanskrit गम्भीर - ''gambhir'', profound, deep, solemn - and शिव, ''shvara'', Shiva, Śiva, The Auspicious One). # Group S: Prasat Yeah Puon (ប្រាសាទយាយព័ន្ធ) includes 22 sanctuaries dated from the 7th century (600 - 635 AD) during the reign of Isanavarman I in dedication to Shiva.〔Description Prasat Yeah Puon. Ministry of Tourism of Cambodia. Link retrieved on July 8, 2015 from http://www.tourismcambodia.org/provincial_guide/index.php?view=attdetail&prv=6&att=280〕 # Group C: It is occupied by the Central Sanctuary or Prasat Boram (ប្រាសាទបុរាម) with lion sculptures that had inspired the popular name of ''Prasat Tao'' (The Lions' Temple). It is, however, the newest group dating the 9th century. The other main feature is the Tower of Ashram Issey, but there were also other constructions (18 temples) now in ruined (Palmer, 2011).〔Palmer, B. The Rough Guide to Cambodia. August 1, 2011. p. 211. Link retrieved on July 6, 2015 from https://books.google.it/books?id=oR-Kmnj8wmAC&pg=PA211&dq=Sambor+Prei+Kuk&hl=en&sa=X&ei=0Y6aVZ-qAY_o8AWp-b6QDg&ved=0CD8Q6AEwBA#v=onepage&q=Sambor%20Prei%20Kuk&f=false〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Sambor Prei Kuk」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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