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Mahendraparvata – Hindu-Buddhist Empire @ Cambodia
October 20 , 2019
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- Researchers have identified the elusive ancient "lost city" of Khmer Empire of Cambodia for the first time.
- Mahendraparvata, sometimes dubbed the 'lost city of Cambodia', was an early capital city of the Khmer Empire.
- Khmer Empire was a Hindu-Buddhist regime of Southeast Asia that lasted from the 9th to 15th centuries of the common era.
- The discovery was made possible by using airborne laser scanning (Lidar).
- Lidar has "unique ability to 'see through' vegetation and provide high-resolution models of the forest floor.
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