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.

Engineering a Project; the Largest, Ever & Anywhere

We are in the year 1100 AD. The word rocket isn’t even thought of in the English language.  Much later in 1232 AD, once the Angkors were nearly 90 years old, the Chinese during the battle of Kai-Keng, would be using arrows of flying fire, the rockets, against Mongols – (Chinese again!). Caltech and MIT are not even remotely …

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What Devastated Angkor? Discover for Yourself……

Some of the topics Zhou Daguan addressed in his account are those of religion, justice, kingship, agriculture, slavery, birds, vegetables, bathing, clothing, tools, draft animals, and commerce. In one passage, he described a royal procession consisting of soldiers, numerous servant women and concubines, ministers and princes, and finally, “the sovereign, standing on an elephant, holding …

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