SK Sharma

Historians, archaeologists and globewanderers have all visited and written their felt accounts of Angkor since modern man first searched these awe inspiring marvels some hundred and fifty years or so ago. National Geographic, as their won't has been, have done their own research. But, I have yet to come across a Civil Engineer take it upon himself to unravel the mystery of this largest project ever undertaken by humanity. I am a Civil Engineer and Indian Army officer, who has done large projects; fairly large ones. Embellished with some amount of working knowledge of Indian religions & it's culture, I herewith set out to fathom the length & breadth of the mystique called Angkor. Here, ladies & gentlemen, I am.

Angkor in Numbers

As per derived understanding from study of available information and in the absence of any written record, most of the data is not countable/measurable. It by & large is personal perception of various historians and scientists/travellers surmised/collected over the past nearly two centuries. There exist 48 small and large Temples in and around Angkor Wat.  The other major …

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Time Travellers : In Existence since time itself

Is this relatively a newer phenomenon or has this  high tech notion been known to people of celestial intelligence since the beginning of time itself? There is evidence to its existence since origins of man himself. It, therefore, might not be such a new phenomenon after all. The practice of civil engineering, intricacies of project management, …

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