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compelling, more haunting more hypnotizing. Bayon is second only to Angkorvat amongst the glories of Angkor. The Bayon was the last of the fine monuments constructed at Angkor. The architectural proportions are breathtaking, unmatched in India or perhaps in any part of the world; their wealth of sculptor almost unlimited.
The Bayon was finally altered and dedicated to Buddha under lineaments of Jayaverman VII apparently to replace the saivite Devaraja. This statement clearly explains that saivite devaraja cult was basically a jaina culture. Bayon is the largest monument erected by Jayavarman VII, which bears 216 faces of an omnipresent deities 1 Tirthankaras) in the center of which Inscriptions in ancient Cambodia
Bayang temple inscription: The inscription records the donation of king Bhava Varman and god Utpanesvara and establishment of alms-house in a village Satragama. According to RC Majumdar [ 26, p.34] this king belonged to the Kaundinya and Soma family. The inscriptions pertaining to temples which document Cambodian history, recording genealogies of
