Angkor Empire

Japanese: アンコール帝国 - あんこーるていこく
Angkor Empire

...However, as time went on, inscriptions written in indigenous languages ​​such as Khmer (Zhenla, Angkor), Cham (Champa), and Mon (Dbaravati) appeared alongside Sanskrit, which is seen as clear evidence that the carriers of Indian culture were being transferred to the hands of the native Indian elite. The strongest and largest of these "Indianized" kingdoms was the Angkor Empire, a Khmer state that flourished from the 9th to the 13th centuries. The prosperity of this country, whose capital was located on the northern shore of Cambodia's Lake Tonle Sap, can be seen from the existence of the huge stone ruins represented by Angkor Wat and the vast artificial lake called Baray. ...

*Some of the terminology that refers to the "Angkor Empire" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…ただ時代が下るにつれ,サンスクリットとならんでクメール語(真臘,アンコール),チャム語(チャンパ),モン語(ドバーラバティ)など土着の言語で記された刻文が登場するのは,インド文化の担い手が原地人エリートの手に移ったことを示す明確な証拠として注目される。 これらの〈インド化された〉王国中最強最大のものは9世紀から13世紀にかけて繁栄したクメール人の国アンコール帝国であろう。カンボジアのトンレサップ湖北岸に都を置いたこの国の強盛は,アンコール・ワットに代表される巨大な石造遺跡群や,バライと呼ばれる広大な人工湖の存在からこれをうかがうことができる。…

※「アンコール帝国」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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