||9th - 10th century
The next major settlement was formed as a city of
five kilometres square that was enclosed within a double embankment and
centred on Phnom Bakheng, one of the three peaks that dominated the plain.
The temple was built by King Yasovarman, the son of Indravarman I, on
top of the hill - its base was hewn from the bedrock. This king also built
temples on the other two peaks - Phnom Krom and Phnom Bok.