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   ocr: Angkor Wat, Cambodia About Angkor Wat Angkor Wat is the greatest and most famous of: all the temples in the Angkor complex. It was built by King Suryavarman. II in the 12th century. At the time, Angkor was the capital of the Khmer Empire, whichruled muchof Southeast Asia. The architecture of. Angkor Wat reflects the Buddhist conceptionof the universe. Its temples are ANGKOR WAT surrounded by canals and moats whichi represent the cosmic mountain surrounded by the great ocean.