How The Fall of Rome Built Angkor Wat! | Ancient Asia

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How did Indian culture shape the wonders of Southeast Asia? Tristan Hughes is joined by William Dalrymple to explore the fascinating first millennium AD, from vibrant trade dynamics with the Roman Empire to the establishment of powerful Indian trading guilds and the spread of Hinduism and Buddhism after Rome's decline. They dig in to the construction of the awe-inspiring Angkor Wat, the largest Hindu temple in the world which boasts a central area four times the size of Vatican City, with carvings depicting epic Hindu legends. 0:00 Introduction to Angkor Wat and the Khmer Empire 1:06 Welcoming William Dalrymple & The Scale of Angkor Wat 2:45 Hinduism and Buddhism Spread to Southeast Asia 4:47 The Economic Crisis in India After the Fall of Rome 6:00 Pliny's Complaint: Roman Gold and the Luxury Trade Drain 7:23 India's Pivot East & The Trading Guilds of the 500 9:28 Indian Settlement, Sanskrit, and Brahmin Influence in Southeast Asia 11:05 The Role of Brahmans and the Spread of Indian Culture 12:41 The Birth of Curve-Linear Scripts & Sanskritization 17:23 The Rise of the Khmer Empire and Srivijaya 19:12 Jayavarman II & The Founding of the Angkor Dynasty 22:19 LiDAR and the Great Hydraulic Civilisation of Angkor 24:50 "India Yet I Could Not Recognise Her": The Unique Khmer Culture 25:07 King Suryavarman II and the Building of Angkor Wat 29:27 The Hindu Mythology of Angkor Wat's Imagery 31:30 Angkor Wat as a Sacred Zone within Greater Angkor 35:50 A Monumental Pivot: The Red Sea to the Mekong Delta Presented by Tristan Hughes. Producers are Joseph Knight & McKenna Fernandez, senior producer is Anne-Marie Luff. Editor is Matthew Wilson. Channel manager is Vilde Øksnes. Sign up to History Hit for hundreds of hours of original documentaries, with a new release every week and ad-free podcasts. Sign up at https://www.historyhit.com/subscribe. All music from Epidemic Sounds. #HistoryHitPodcast #TheAncients #AncientHistory