History of Indian and Eastern Architecture v2.c33.s10.2

v2.c33.s10.2

The approaches to the temples acquire considerable importance, not only on account of their great length, but because they consist of causeways raised from 10 to 12 ft. above the ground, necessitated by the fact that from June to October the valley of the Me-kong, where all the more important Cambodian temples are found, is flooded, and the raised causeways form the only means of communication between the towns and temples: the whole valley, in fact, is mapped out with roads arranged at right angles to one another, along which the caravans pass.