Farmers on a Rice Field near the city of Angkor

The ancient Khmers were a traditional agricultural community, relying heavily on rice farming. The farmers, who formed the majority of kingdom's population, planted rice near the banks of the lake or river, in the irrigated plains surrounding their villages, or in the hills when lowlands were flooded.
The Khmer Empire (/kəˈmɛər/; Khmer: ចក្រភពខ្មែរ: Chakrphup Khmer or អាណាចក្រខ្មែរ Anachak Khmer), officially the Angkor Empire (Khmer: អាណាចក្រអង្គរ: Anachak Angkor), the predecessor state to modern Cambodia ("Kampuchea" or "Srok Khmer" to the Khmer people), was a Hindu-Buddhist empire in Southeast Asia.
Its greatest legacy is Angkor, in present-day Cambodia, which was the site of the capital city during the empire's zenith. The majestic monuments of Angkor, such as Angkor Wat and Bayon, bear testimony to the Khmer Empire's immense power and wealth, impressive art and culture, architectural technique, aesthetics achievements, and the variety of belief systems that it patronised over time. Satellite imaging has revealed that Angkor, during its peak in the 11th to 13th centuries, was the largest pre-industrial urban centre in the world.

This is the second image of my series on the Khmer Empire, where I try to reimagine the life during the greatest empires of the ancient Indian Subcontinent.
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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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