Khmer

Examples of Khmer in the following topics:

• Cambodia and the Khmer Rouge

• Cambodian Art

  • The Kingdom of Funan was most probably the first Khmer state to benefit from this influx of Indian ideas.
  • The history of Cambodian art stretches back centuries to ancient times, but the most famous period is undoubtedly the Khmer art of the Khmer Empire (802–1431).
  • The temple combines two basic plans of Khmer temple architecture: the temple-mountain and the later galleried temple.
  • Cambodia's premiere performing art form is the Khmer classical dance, or Robam Preah Reach Trop.
  • In the Siem Reap province, a form of music called kantrum has become popular; originating among the Khmer Surin in Thailand.

• Monumental Reliefs in Southeast Asia

  • The Khmer of Cambodia were also renowned for their monumental bas-reliefs, which usually took narrative form, depicting stories from history and mythology.
  • The earliest surviving example of Khmer narrative bas-relief sculpture comes from the 10th-century Hindu temple of Banteay Srei, which has carved tympana and towers depicting scenes from the great Hindu epics, the Ramayana and the Mahabharata.
  • The most famous example of Khmer bas-relief sculpture is undoubtedly at the 12th-century Hindu temple of Angkor Wat, which has 13,000 square meters of narrative bas-reliefs on the walls of its outer gallery.
  • Discuss the techniques, themes, and common subjects of the monumental reliefs of Borobudur and the Khmer temples.

• Thai Buddhist Sculpture

  • From the 9th century onward, Mahayana influences such as the Cambodian Khmer style in the north and the Sri Vijaya style in the south became more important.
  • A square-faced Buddha with a cleft chin, Khmer features, and fully folded legs, sitting on a lotus base.

• Vietnam Becomes Nixon's War

  • Secondly, it forced the North Vietnamese to openly support its allies, the Chinese-supported Khmer Rouge, and allowed the latter to extend their power (the Khmer Rouge would commit atrocities in the Cambodian Civil War later that decade).
  • Sihanouk arrived in Beijing, where he established and headed a government in exile, and threw his substantial personal support behind the Khmer Rouge, the North Vietnamese, and the Laotian Pathet Lao.

• Temple Style of the South

  • Other styles include the Pahari architectures of Kashmir, Himachal, Uttarakhand, and Nepal; the Kerala rainy style, the Goa European style, the Bali style, the Khmer style, and the modern very basic style of a hall with an altar.

• Iconic Buddhist Sculpture and Painting

  • These powers, including the Sri Vijaya Empire based in Sumatra, the Khmer Empire in Cambodia, and the ethnic Thai kingdom of Sukhothai, were very active in Buddhist architectural and artistic creation.

• Trade Under the Tang Dynasty

  • During the Tang dynasty, thousands of foreigners came and lived in numerous Chinese cities for trade and commercial ties with China, including Persians, Arabs, Hindu Indians, Malays, Bengalis, Sinhalese, Khmers, Chams, Jews and Nestorian Christians of the Near East, and many others.