'Angkor Wat' was originally 'Visnuloka' a wonder of the world seen in Cambodia whose history was what historians call 'Greater India' and traditionalists call 'Mahabharata'.

 

Vedic gods 'Visnu' 'Siva' 'Brahma' were the main deities and courtyards were ornamented with 'Garuda' 'Surya' 'Indra' 'Airavata' and 'Apsaras' dancing girls of heaven.

 

Cambodia has a history of Vedic kings and Vedic place names as in 'Hariharalaya' 'Yasodharapura' 'Mahendraparvata' and a Vedic culture also seen within its rivers.

 

 

 

'Mekong' the sixth largest river in Asia journeys from the Tibetan plateau through China, Myanmar, Laos, Thailand, Cambodia, Vietnam and into the South China Sea.

 

'Mekong' means 'mother of all rivers' as seen in 'Mae Phra Kongkha' a deity worshipped in Thailand where 'Mae' means 'mother' and 'Kongkha' means 'Ganga'.

 

'Mae Phra Kongkha' a river goddess who travels on a crocodile as Ganga travels on the back of a crocodile and so 'Konga' within 'Mekong' is none other than 'Ganga'.

 

'Mekong' produces 'Bassac' a river whose Sanskrit name is composed of 'sakti' meaning 'power' and 'pa' meaning to 'protect' one with powers ( sakti ) to protect ( pa ).

 

'Mongkol Borey' a river within Cambodia which flows throughout 'Mongkol Borey' a name composed of Sanskrit which means the auspicious ( mangala ) city ( puri ).

 

'Boribo' a river in Cambodia journeys across the district of 'Baribour' and possesses the same name whose origin is Sanskrit as in city ( puri ) of abundance ( bhara ).

 

 

'Saen' is a river within Cambodia whose name is composed of 'sena' a word from Sanskrit meaning 'soldier' hence this river is said to mean the river of the soldiers ( sena ).

 

'Tonle San' a river in Cambodia and Vietnam and tributary of the 'Mekong' its original name 'Sesan' is seen in Sanskrit describing the celestial naga 'Sesa' and 'Sesan'.

 

'Pursat' is a province within Cambodia and a major river whose name is composed from the language of Sanskrit meaning an enlightened ( buddhi ) being ( sattva ).

 

 

"Indian art accompanied Indian religion across straits and frontiers into Sri Lanka, Java, Cambodia, Siam, Burma, Tibet, Khotan, Turkestan, Mongolia, China, Korea and Japan. In Asia all roads lead from India.” Will Durant.

 

"2000 year old ties uniting us with India is not hyperbole, 2000 years ago the first navigators, Indian merchants and Brahmins brought to our ancestors their gods, techniques and organization." Prince Sihanouk - King of Cambodia.

 

"This was the time of the great Indian expansion, when seafaring merchants fanned out across the Indian Ocean and brought to Southeast Asia a seething ferment of new ideas." National Geographic Society.