The rulers of Angkor built a network of roads connecting the capital to the major outlying cities. This volume forms a photographic journey following these royal roads, featuring 165 images of the many beautiful Angkor period temples and monuments in Cambodia, Thailand, Laos and Vietnam.

From the ninth century to the fifteenth century, the Angkor Empire was the greatest civilization in Southeast Asia, reaching from the coast of Vietnam to Myanmar, from southern Laos down to the Malay Peninsular. At the heart of this great kingdom ruled by the god-kings rose the magnificent towers of Angkor Wat and the nearby capital of Angkor Thom. The rulers of Angkor were great builders and engineers. They fed their people with a sophisticated irrigation system that made the Cambodian plains green all year round, and they built a network of roads connecting the capital to the major outlying cities. This volume forms a photographic journey following these royal roads, featuring 165 images of the many beautiful Angkor period temples and monuments in Cambodia, Thailand, Laos and Vietnam.