Temple complex built in northwestern
Cambodia by the Khmer ruler
Suryavarman II (1112–1153 C.E.). The
Khmer people were indigenous to
Kampuchea, but the temples at Angkor
were dedicated to Hindu gods. This
reflects the prodigious influence of
Hindu culture, which by the end of the
first millennium C.E. had been spread
throughout Southeast Asia by Indian
(primarily southern Indian) merchants
and traders.