A priest offering prayer during the decline of the Khmer Empire inside Angkor.
By the 14th century, the Khmer empire suffered a long, arduous, and steady decline. Historians have proposed different causes for the decline: the religious conversion from Vishnuite-Shivaite Hinduism to Theravada Buddhism that affected social and political systems, incessant internal power struggles among Khmer princes, vassal revolt, foreign invasion, plague, and ecological breakdown.
Further readings:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Angkor_Wat
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Angkor_Thom
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Khmer_empire
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suryavarman_II
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