Editing Hindu temple architecture (section)

===Southeast Asian Hindu temples===
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   | footer    = [[Prambanan]] in [[Java]], [[Indonesia]] (9th century) and [[Angkor Wat]] in [[Cambodia]] (12th century), examples of Southeast Asian Hindu temple architecture. Both temples were modelled after [[Mount Meru]] in Hindu cosmology.
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Possibly the oldest Hindu temples in Southeast Asia dates back to 2nd century BCE from the [[Funan]] site of [[Óc Eo|Oc Eo]] in the [[Mekong Delta]]. They were probably dedicated to a sun god, Shiva and Vishnu.  The temple were constructed using granite blocks and bricks, one with a small stepped pond.<ref>{{Cite journal|last1=Sen|first1=Võ Văn|last2=Thắng|first2=Đặng Văn|date=2017-10-06|title=Recognition of Oc Eo Culture Relic in Thoai Son District an Giang Province, Vienam|url=http://asrjetsjournal.org/index.php/American_Scientific_Journal/article/view/3393|journal=American Scientific Research Journal for Engineering, Technology, and Sciences|language=en|volume=36|issue=1|pages=271–293|issn=2313-4402}}</ref>
[[File:Salah Satu Upacara Besar Di Pura Agung Besakih.jpg|thumb|upright=1.33|A [[Puja (Hinduism)|puja]] ceremony at [[Besakih Temple]] in [[Bali]], [[Indonesia]].]]
The earliest evidence trace to Sanskrit stone inscriptions found on the islands and the mainland Southeast Asia is the [[Võ Cạnh inscription]] of [[Champa]] dated to 2nd or 3rd century CE in Vietnam or in Cambodia between the 4th and 5th century CE.<ref name="Ooi2004p587">{{cite book |author=Ooi |first=Keat Gin |author-link=Keat Gin Ooi |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=QKgraWbb7yoC&pg=PA587 |title=Southeast Asia: A Historical Encyclopedia, from Angkor Wat to East Timor |publisher=ABC-CLIO |year=2004 |isbn=978-1-57607-770-2 |pages=587–588}}</ref>{{refn|group=note|Richard Salomon dates the earliest Cambodian Sanskrit inscriptions to the 5th century.<ref name="Salomon1998p155">{{cite book|author=Richard Salomon|title=Indian Epigraphy: A Guide to the Study of Inscriptions in Sanskrit, Prakrit, and the other Indo-Aryan Languages|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=XYrG07qQDxkC |year=1998|publisher=Oxford University Press|isbn=978-0-19-535666-3|pages=155–157}}</ref>}} Prior to the 14th-century local versions of Hindu temples were built in Myanmar, Malaysia, Indonesia, Thailand, Cambodia, Laos and Vietnam. These developed several national traditions, and often mixed [[Hinduism]] and [[Buddhism]]. Theravada Buddhism prevailed in many parts of the South-East Asia, except Malaysia and Indonesia where Islam displaced them both.<ref>Michell (1988), 18-19, 54, 159-182</ref><ref name="Bakker1990p160">{{cite book|author=Richard Salomon| editor= Hans Bakker|title=The History of Sacred Places in India As Reflected in Traditional Literature: Papers on Pilgrimage in South Asia|chapter-url= https://books.google.com/books?id=McwUAAAAIAAJ| chapter= Indian Tirthas in Southeast Asia| year= 1990|publisher= BRILL Academic|isbn= 978-90-04-09318-8|pages=160–176}}, Quote: "In the Indianized regions of ancient southeast Asia, comprising the modern nations of Burma, Thailand, Malaysia, Cambodia, Laos, Vietnam and Indonesia (...)"</ref>

Hindu temples in Southeast Asia developed their own distinct versions, mostly based on Indian architectural models, both North Indian and South Indian styles.{{sfn|George Michell|1988|pp=159-161}} However, the Southeast Asian temple architecture styles are different, and there is no known single temple in India that can be the source of the Southeast Asian temples. According to Michell, it is as if the Southeast Asian architects learned from "the theoretical prescriptions about temple building" from Indian texts, but never saw one. They reassembled the elements with their own creative interpretations. The Hindu temples found in Southeast Asia are more conservative and far more strongly link the [[Mount Meru]]-related cosmological elements of Indian thought than the Hindu temples found in the subcontinent.{{sfn|George Michell|1988|pp=159-161}} Additionally, unlike the Indian temples, the sacred architecture in Southeast Asia associated the ruler ([[devaraja]]) with the divine, with the temple serving as a memorial to the king as much as being house of gods.{{sfn|George Michell|1988|pp=159-161}} Notable examples of Southeast Asian Hindu temple architecture are the Shivaist [[Prambanan]] Trimurti temple compound in [[Java]], [[Indonesia]] (9th century),<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://borobudurpark.com/en/temple/prambanan-2/|title=Prambanan - Taman Wisata Candi|website=borobudurpark.com|language=en-GB|access-date=2017-12-15}}</ref> and the Vishnuite [[Angkor Wat]] in [[Cambodia]] (12th century).<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://whc.unesco.org/en/list/668|title=Angkor|last=Centre|first=UNESCO World Heritage|website=whc.unesco.org|language=en|access-date=2017-12-15}}</ref>