高棉帝国

但是最常与他的名字联系在一起的，则是吴哥窟，他在1860年首次发现了这座高棉帝国（Khmerempire）的遗迹后，令其在欧洲名声大噪。

But his name is most associated with the Angkor ruins , which he made famous in Europe after first encountering those remnants of the Khmer empire in 1860 .

柬埔寨的吴哥古迹曾是强大的高棉帝国的首都。

The Cambodian site of Angkor is the ancient capital of the powerful Khmer empire .

高棉帝国的庙宇通常被杂草所包围，这些建筑会随着时间的推移而破败。

Temples from the Khmer Empire were normally surrounded by wood and thatch buildings which have rotted away over time .

9到15世纪期间，吴哥窟是高棉帝国的所在地，里面还有不同首都的遗迹。

Angkor was the home of the Khmer empire from the 9th to 15th centuries and contains the remains of different capitals .

柬埔寨的吴哥地区从公元800年到15世纪都是高棉帝国的权力中心。

The Angkor region of Cambodia served as the center of power for the Khmer Empire from 800 AD well into the 1400s .

随着古高棉帝国的衰落，吴哥窟逐渐成为佛教寺庙并一直延续下来，这使得它得以保存至今。

With the decline of the Ancient Khmer Empire , Angkor Wat was turned into a Buddhist temple and was continuously maintained , which helped its preservation .

摩醯因陀山城距离暹粒省大约30英里，比吴哥窟的历史还早360年左右，公元802年，高棉帝国就诞生于此。

About 30 miles from Siem Reap , Mahendraparvata predates Angkor Wat by about 350 years and was the birthplace of the Khmer Empire in A.D. 802 .

这座神殿专门供奉印度教的主神毗湿奴，是在高棉帝国的统治者苏利耶跋摩二世的授意下建造的，据估计共花费30年的时间建成。

It is estimated that it took 30 years to build the temple dedicated to the Hindu deity , Vishnu , at the behest of King Suryavarman II , the ruler of the Khmer Empire