THE ELEPHANT TERRACE
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 end of 12th century, Jayavarman
VIIThe foundation mass of the royal audience hall, described by Chou Ta Kuan in 1296-"In the counsel hall, the window frames are of gold: to the left and right are square pillars bearing forty or fifty mirrors, below them are elephants..."  "Here , on the central perron amidst the ringing of conches, when the golden curtain was drawn aside by two servants, the king of Angkor, seated on a lion skin, appeared before his prostrated subject." - G.P. Groslier. |
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